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Mercer trumpets "lifetime super concessional cap"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Mercer has proposed that lifetime concessional caps on superannuation contributions would be a fairer system than the current annual concessional cap of $25,000. This policy would particularly help those approaching retirement who have not benefited ...

Data security emerging as a superannuation risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Consumer expectations for online account access and the push for e-commerce solutions as part of Super Stream mean data security will emerge as one of the biggest risk priorities for super funds. However, most super funds are not equipped to handle ...

ASIC puts stop order on misleading Trilogy PDS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put interim stop orders on the product disclosure statements (PDSs) for Trilogy Monthly Income Fund and Trilogy Melbourne Office Syndicate - Cheltenham, over concerns of the relevance of ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
"So, are you going to tighten by Labor Day?" Tonight we're going back to the future.A Going back to that fateful day on the 22nd of May -- when Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady posed this question upon US Federal ...

IFS to triple adviser numbers in 3 years

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Industry Fund Services (IFS) which provides advice services to industry superannuation funds expects to triple its financial planner headcount in the next three years. IFS chief executive Bill Danaher told Financial Standard that advice is a key issue ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
This is it...it's all systems go! There's only one conclusion that can be concluded from the upward revision in second quarter US real GDP growth - up at annualised rate of 2.5% from the prelim 1.7% estimate - and Wall Street's positive reaction to ...

New $9 million super research facility opens

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
A new $9 million research program between the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and four universities has been launched today. The CSIRO-Monash Superannuation Research Cluster has been funded jointly with $3 million coming ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Recovering pension account balances in the US is triggering a rush of US federal employees to retire, with as many as one-third of some agencies expected to leave their jobs. Helping to restore confidence in their pension funds is that the US pension ...

Whiteley and Brogden join forces to condemn CPA report

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The "accord" between the Industry Super Network (ISN) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) has seen its first practical manifestation in a joint response to CPA Australia's report into the superannuation system. The strongly-worded response, penned ...

Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Coalition's plan to introduce stricter rules aimed at ensuring super fund board independence could be counterproductive, according to Sally Wheeler, professor of law at Queen's College, Belfast. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of ...