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Half of all SMSF assets in retirement phase

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Around half of $506 billion held in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are in retirement assets, according to new research from DEXX&R. According to the research house's report, $296 billion is currently held in the retirement phase, supporting ...

Transaction-based fees hurt private banking clients

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific head of private banking Francesco de Ferrari has criticised the industry's commonplace transaction-based fee structures for not being in clients' best interests. He told Financial Standard that charging clients when they ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets as dealers digest positive data from the US and China amid quiet trade on a public holiday. At 0850 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Ex Future Fund exec to tap into aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
Former head of Strategy at Future Fund QIC Tony Day has launched a consulting service focused on direct investment in aged care. Day's Scarce Capital has partnered with specialist consulting firm Round Tower Solutions to provide advice on long term ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The government has announced it will scrap Labor's plan to set up a Council of Superannuation Guardians and a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability, arguing it would create unnecessary bureaucracy. The purpose of the Charter was to "clearly ...

ASIC didn't take my claims seriously: whistleblower

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Whistleblower and business partner of now banned Lifestyle Trader director Aussie Rob has accused the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) of not taking his claims seriously. In a submission to the Senate inquiry into the performance ...

Government removes self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
The Coalition government has removed the cap on tax deductibility of self-education expenses introduced by the Labor government in July. "With the vast bulk of claims for self-education expenses coming from those earning less than $80,000, this was ...

SelectingSuper award nominees announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Rainmaker has released the names of the 30 super fund groups whose products have been shortlisted for the Rainmaker SelectingSuper awards being held in Melbourne on 21 November. The 30 superannuation groups represent 60 separate superannuation products ...

Adviser engagement becomes TPB main priority

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Engaging with financial advisers who provide tax advice is the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) first priority for 2014. The TPB annual report for 2012 and 2013 reveals that the organisation has already started consultations with stakeholders, including ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013