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Perpetual encourages women writers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Perpetual has awarded Australian women writers through the Kibble Awards, an initiative managed by its charitable trust that consolidates its position after 20 years in the philanthropy space. Perpetual Philanthropic Services recently announced that ...

Tax rules put off overseas fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013

Mercer calls for a MyPension product

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013

Regulator taking a "facilitative" approach to change

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft reiterated his support to the financial services industry as it grapples with the implementation of regulatory changes, saying that the regulator would take a "facilitative" ...

Labor pledges five-year freeze on super tax

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
A re-elected Labor government would make no changes to superannuation for five years and aims to enshrine a policy in law that would make future changes possible only once every five years hence, Treasurer Chris Bowen said. The Treasurer unveiled a ...

FSC to support Indigenous financial literacy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has formed a long-term partnership alliance with First Nations Foundation (FNF) to help improve the financial literacy of Indigenous Australians. The FSC will be providing a minimum of $50,000 a year for three years ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street after data showed second-quarter US gross domestic product grew better than had been expected. US GDP grew 1.7 per cent in the quarter, above the 1.1 per cent pace expected ...

AQUA II exemptions unfairly favour ASX: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has said that the application form relief being proposed for the ASX Managed Fund Service (AMFS) should be extended to all registered Managed Investment Schemes (MIS). Under current proposals, the AMFS - popularly ...

Aussie super, a tempting catch for organised crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Well-resourced and sophisticated international organised fraud networks are increasingly targeting the large pool of compulsory superannuation savings in Australia. While traditionally the greatest threat to super savings came from opportunistic individuals ...

Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
As the population ages, Australia's three-pillar retirement system will find itself under unprecedented pressure. According to MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner, over the next decade about four million Australians will retire. An integral part ...