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Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... access to capital during retirement," a Towers Watson statement said. The product is timely considering the federal government is looking at changes to the establishment of retirement income products. Towers Watson Australia head of retirement income ...

New laws define inactive super members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
The federal government has released draft legislation aiming to reduce red tape for superannuation funds and individuals by streamlining lost and unclaimed super administrative arrangements. Under the new laws a super member will be considered inactive ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Serious tax reform in finance is likely to be progressed in the next term of federal government according to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the ...

Sunsuper foresees independent director shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Macquarie Bank executive director to its board, increasing the number of independent directors ahead of proposed federal government super board changes. Joining Sunsuper this month are Michael Traill and Andrew Fraser, increasing the board membership ...

Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
The federal government should be borrowing "with its ears pinned back" to exploit low interest rates and stimulate growth rather than starving the economy of capital to establish nation building projects. Addressing an investment forum in Sydney yesterday ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Fitzpatrick said. The comments came after AIST chief executive Tom Garcia opened the conference A calling for the federal government not to mandate retirement products. He expects the government will shortly announce a package to allow new retirement ...

Government should super seed low income earners

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Industry Super Australia is proposing the federal government pay an annual $5000 superannuation contribution to lower and middle income Australians between 27 and 36 years old. Known as "Super Seed" the payment would help bridge the superannuation gender ...

Retirement income is not one-size-fits-all

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... there is a huge gap between the amount of super most people have and what the market wants them to have." The federal government is soon expected to announce changes to the establishment of retirement income products, including a framework around Comprehensive ...

Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... executive Tom Garcia said the AIST supports more flexibility around retirement product development but the federal government should not be mandating particular products for super members. Opening the AIST ASI Conference today, Garcia said he expects ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... higher wealth cohorts, including the value of the family home above a reasonable threshold and using the current federal government tax review process to target tax concessions better.