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SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... there wouldn't be any capital gains tax paid," he said. "But the ATO is saying that's not correct, that when you die the pensions exemption ceases." SPAA has voiced its concern over draft ruling TR 2011/D3 that enables the taxing of income earned by ...

UK should raise state pension age to 70: PwC

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... maintained, said PwC in a research paper. To combat the increased public spending on health, long-term care and state pensions, PwC said there will need to be policy changes, such as raising the state pension age to 70 by 2046, rather than 68 as proposed. ...

Super funds talk debt ructions and increasing pensions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... "We have $140 million in our pension product," he said. "The scale means it's not economical to manage (those in the pensions phase) discretely to our other investors." But he said the issue was being discussed at a board level. "It's on the table and ...

REST focused on long term after posting healthy returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... shares registering 8.81%, high growth 7.35% and diversified 7.28%. Top performers in REST's allocated and term allocated pensions were Australian shares with 9.61% and high growth with 8.11%. The default balanced option returned 7.96%. "While we are ...

UK Pensions Regulator seeks fee transparency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
The UK Pensions Regulator is seeking management fee transparency in its defined contribution pension schemes. In response to a recent industry discussion paper, the regulator said it had received unanimous support that pension fund costs should be clear ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... for itself. " Means-testing, targeting and rationalisation of social benefits." This includes a freeze on supplementary pensions till 2015, cuts in retirement and disability pensions, "means-testing" of unemployment benefits and "rationalisation" of ...

Company streamlines pension transfers from UK to Australia

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
A new company has harnessed cloud computing software to connect financial advisers to pensions experts in the UK to streamline the process of transferring UK pensions to Australia. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were 1.04 million ...

Masters of Financial Regulation on offer for first time

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Financial Regulation is being offered internationally, including in Africa and Asia, and will offer specializations in pensions, insurance, banking and securities.

CFS super deposit taps demand, relieves wholesale reliance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... against inflation and were targeted at super fund investors. "People entering the retirement space are looking to draw down pensions so this product fits that space very well," he said. "We think it's a good hedge against inflation." The funds invested ...

Energy Super offers online "next generation" pensions calculator

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Industry fund Energy Super has launched an online superannuation and retirement calculator that it says offers better accuracy than fixed calculators. Developed by software firm Provisio, the new calculator incorporates Centrelink aged pension entitlements ...