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Once lost, now found: super

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Australians still have a gigantic $12 billion in lost super but a concerted effort by the government, regulators and wealth management industry is slowly reducing the amount of misplaced retirement savings. AUSfund for one has returned nearly $40 million ...

Plum cuts missing TFNs by 11pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Plum Financial Services' tax file number (TFN) campaign has proven successful, cutting the number of outstanding TFNs among its active members by 11 per cent to less than one per cent. The campaign, which began in May, resulted in the number of outstanding ...

New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
The federal government welcomed the new edition of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) indigenous superannuation booklet, Super and Us Mob. Created in 2006, the free booklet uses real life work examples of indigenous people to ...

REST targets member TFNs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... makes on their spouse's behalf. To date, REST has reduced the number of its members who have not provided their Tax File Number (TFNs) by 33 per cent from June last year - but the battle for more member engagement has just begun. Around 400,000 members ...

TFNs available online: ING

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... advisers indicated a strong need for our clearing house offering to be extended to include the secure transfer of tax file number," he said In July last year, changes in legislation required employers to not only provide super fund choice but also to ...

Web service climbs adviser wishlist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... This upgrade included online video tutorials, automatic registration for member accounts online and an online tax file number submission application. ING Australia, with more than $45 billion in assets under management, provides financial services and ...

CommInsure tracks lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... Government to consider implementing the rollover of lost accounts into a member's last known active account using the tax file number system.

Govt urges auto-rolling of $9.7bn lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... consider implementing the automatic rollover of "lost accounts" into a member's last known active account, using the tax file number system. According to figures from the Australian Tax Office, Australia's lost and unclaimed superannuation grew from ...

Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
The 31.5 per cent tax penalty to be applied to super funds without member tax file numbers (TFN) risk massively damaging the retirement incomes of members who either don't know about the rule change or who can least afford the tax hit. Raising the dire ...

Plum awash with TFNs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Plum Financial Services' campaign to inform clients about the significance of not submitting tax file numbers post-1 July has netted a four-fold rise in submissions over the past few months, according to chief executive, Mike Fitzsimons. The number ...