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Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... should be entitled to superannuation payments," the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said. "Any move to raise the exemption threshold would unfairly penalise low income workers and those in precarious ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after strong gains on overseas markets overnight and rises in commodity prices. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 41 points at 5,384. Euro zone stocks have been ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
There's no question about it... the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) surprise move was the biggest story in the financial markets last week. So huge that it eclipsed everything else. It eclipsed the plunging oil price and the dropping copper price -- the ...

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... the superannuation system, including the ability to see how potential changes will affect this system. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the initiative will have the ability to track the super gender gap, overall adequacy of super, as well as the ...

IRESS appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
IRESS has appointed a National Mutual Group executive and industry veteran as independent non-executive director, starting February 1, 2015 Geoff Tomlinson has more than 40 years' experience in financial services and his executive career includes 29 ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) firmly opposed the recommendation, with AIST chief executive Tom Garcia saying: "There is no evidence to suggest that forcing structural change to the boards of not-for-profit funds would ...

Senate grills ASIC after it blocks 250,000 websites

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will face a Senate grilling after blocking a quarter of a million websites when it was seeking to prevent access to sites associated with investment fraud. A public hearing by the Senate Communications ...

The second FS Power50 list unveiled

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... ReedA A @smartretirement Tracey A Sharah A A @traceysharah Liam A Shorte A A @SMSFCoach Mike A Sikar A A @deltafinancialA Tom A Stewart A @CareSuperTom Liz A Westover @Liz_Westover Darren A Wright A A @DarrenWrightPSLA Paul A Wright A A @PaulWrightod ...

Why the eurozone cannot afford cheap oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Economist. According to the magazine, "A 10% change in the oil price is associated with around a 0.2% change in global GDP, says Tom Helbling of the IMF. A price fall normally boosts GDP by shifting resources from producers to consumers, who are more ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... October, which weighed on global markets. On Wall Street, the broad-based S&P 500 dipped 0.15 per cent. CommSec market analyst Tom Piotrowski said the news out of Germany had contributed to a weaker start to the Australian share market. "At the moment ...