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CGT relief passes Senate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Capital gains tax relief legislation for superannuation funds passed through the Senate yesterday alongside two other key pieces of reform. Unrealised gains or losses on revenue and capital assets incurred from 1 October 2011 to 1 July 2017 can now ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Save Our Super, a campaign backed by veteran financial commentator and owner of the Eureka Report Alan Kohler is poorly researched, and its alternatives underdeveloped, said an article published by the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia ...

BNP Paribas appoints relationship management head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Katherine Seymour as head of head of relationship management for its 'asset owner' clients in Australia, it was announced yesterday. Seymour assumes responsibility for the team managing relationships and ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Several flaws exist in the current debate over superannuation adequacy in Australia, said the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). A focus on superannuation tax concessions and access age is the wrong conversation and should instead ...

APRA requirements welcomed by sector

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Both sides of the superannuation sector have welcomed revised reporting standards proposed by APRA. New proposals released by the prudential regulator yesterday aim to increase the amount of data required of super funds, bringing them in line with other ...

Draft legislation to streamline trans-Tasman retirement savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The government has released a draft legislation to establish a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability scheme, expected to assist the thousands of Australians and New Zealanders who move across the Tasman every year. The new proposed scheme, which ...

More innovation needed on 'demand side' infra opps: ASFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
In the debate about alternatives to investment in transport infrastructure, the temptation is often to simply look at another road or rail project to address supply-side demand related to the congestion in Australia's capital cities. Yet, as ASFA's ...

Plug the $1 trillion savings shortfall: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
New research has prompted the Financial Services Council (FSC) to call for longer working lives, to plug a massive retirement savings hole caused by people outliving life expectancies. Australians who live longer than current life expectancy will face ...

Wealthtrac revises structure for independent market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... greater flexibility to negotiate fees that suit their business and their clients. We have enhanced functionality in relation to ASF," Johnson said. The new structures are a consequence of the recent revision of Wealthtrac's service level agreement with ...

J.P. Morgan launches risk measure tool

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has launched a risk analysis product designed for Australian superannuation funds working to comply with guidance on the disclosure of investment risk, in the new Shorter Product Disclosure Statements. ...