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Shorten locks down accountant timeline

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... working and that the conjecture is about the model and the frame of the licence. "There has been a lot of discussion and debate about how it will all work in the market... the challenge is how you make this work and how do you transition a large group ...

Pricing competition risks net returns from MySuper: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... funds with assets of over $50 billion in the next five years," said Brogden. Governance was identified as another area for debate over the coming year. "In particular, the existing ability for superannuation funds not to report the remuneration of directors ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The superannuation disclosure debate and industry transparency was raised again yesterday after ASIC promised future guidance for super funds, meanwhile one super fund that already uses disclosure practices has called the actions "unnecessary". Peter ...

Instos face debate on EM strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
Institutional investors are facing divided opinion on the merit of an integrated versus a siloed asset strategy to emerging market exposure. While return potentials in emerging markets are high, the volatility of those returns and greater downside risk ...

Cutting super tax breaks unwise: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has weighed into the industry debate on the Greens' call to raise the superannuation tax for high income earners. Green leader Bob Brown yesterday proposed a scaled tax on super contributions ...

FOFA debate due after PJC report: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... has been for the second or forward week of the draft forward program to list bills available to the House with the actual debate program adjusted week by week. Therefore the second week shows what is on the horizon but shouldn't be interpreted as final ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
Debate over whether China is in for a soft or hard landing is overplayed, according to David Urquhart, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Asia Fund. Speaking at a Fidelity briefing in Sydney this week, Urquhart pointed to recent IMF projections of 8.2% ...

Asia vital for Aus business: Harcourt

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... of Europe's continued importance on the world stage, particularly Germany, which remains a strong industrial power. The debate around a push for increased productivity in Australia was a brought up in audience questions when the economists were quizzed ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
A new government roundtable will see industry groups argue tax concessions are the only way Australians will fully fund their own retirement. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten announced the Superannuation ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... BBC. Fidelity Worldwide, which had US $212.0 billion assets under management as of December 30, has now weighed into the debate, supporting the PM's calls for greater shareholder power. Reuters reports that the asset manger wants all bonuses paid to ...