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Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has talked up the Government's banking reforms, dubbing them "a better banking deal" for consumers amid last week's call for a major financial system review. Former committee member at the Wallis Inquiry, Ian Harper last week issued ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
KiwiSaver, New Zealand's opt-out default workplace superannuation scheme, has just had its fifth birthday and despite its early critics now has almost 2 million members and $A8.8bn in assets. KiwiSaver membership is equivalent to about two-thirds of ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... in May and June from 8.1% in April. So here we go again folks -- another reason to keep our heads down... or an added incentive for dear Uncle Ben to start blabbing about QE. Financial markets are certainly hoping so, else they would have dropped by ...

Super fund support for carbon tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... tax in its current form and that it would serve a dual role of creating market certainty and providing assurance and incentive for institutional investment in alternative sources of energy. Murphy said he did not expect the carbon tax would have a particularly ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Philanthropic giving in the last few years has been undervalued in Australia because of a disproportionate focus on tax structures and increased regulation on charitable vehicles such as private ancillary funds. Andrew Thomas, general manager - philanthropy ...

CIO and COO award winners named

FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... O'Neill, managing director of La Trobe Financial and a member of the judging panel, said he hopes that the awards act as an incentive for CIOs and COOs to continue to explore and provide world's best practices in fund governance. "As in any endeavour ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... interest bill the US government has to pay on its debt, though not its absolute amount, the downside is it provides no incentive to reduce borrowings. This goes a long way to explaining why it has been so easy for the US government to borrow money and ...

FOFA disadvantages early move on fee-for-service

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... only ongoing fee they get is via that trail commission method through the product fee in this scenario - where's the incentive for them to move to a fee-for-service model?" Richard Batten, partner at Minter Ellison Lawyers, said there may be a lack of ...

Retail funds in ACTU's sights

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Superannuation funds would be forced to reveal related party fee details if a union push on disclosure succeeds, in a move likely to hit bank-aligned retail funds. The policy on retirement income and superannuation, due to be signed off at the ACTU ...

Budget: Super changes risk sound investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
A two-year deferral of the increased super concessional contributions cap for over 50s risks derailing efficient investment and exacerbating member disengagement, according to industry reaction following last night's Budget. Representing a saving of ...