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Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... Compliance costs and policy processes: Increase the time available for industry to implement complex regulatory change. Conduct post-implementation reviews of major regulatory changes more frequently. Impact investment: Explore ways to facilitate development ...

ASIC takes SMSF property spruikers to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... licence. ASIC is also seeking orders requiring Park Trent to notify current and former clients about the proceeding and to post a notice regarding ASIC's proceeding on its website. The company has advised at least 500 members of the public to establish ...

Tax retirement earnings at flat 15%, says consultant

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... managing partner at Tria Investment Partners. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) this week, Andrew Baker said that, for SMSFs, "paying tax is optional" because the self-managed element makes the ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

ASIC to accept submissions for 'hedge fund' definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... December, ASIC extended to June 22, 2014, the interim class order relief from the shorter PDS regime for multi-funds, superannuation platforms and hedge funds. In June 2012 ASIC released a class order named 'Relief from the Shorter PDS regime', which ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... of the nation's 3 million workforce. The fund, not to be confused with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund - akin to Australia's Future Fund - began in 2007 as New Zealand's version of a co-contribution superannuation scheme. Due to constitutional problems ...

ASFA: Retirement costs on the rise

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... safety net. The ASFA Retirement Standard is now an independent initiative by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) benchmarking the annual budget needed by Australians to fund either a comfortable or modest standard of living in ...

Super now the fourth pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
Superannuation is now the fourth pillar of Australia's social and economic life and the national disability insurance scheme will develop to become the fifth, said minister Bill Shorten at a major superannuation function at Parliament House in Canberra ...

Changes ahead for WA govt super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... State Solicitor's Office and UnionsWA.. It is expected that the reforms will be fully implemented by March 2012. GESB is Australia's 15th biggest super fund with $10 billion in assets. It's investment performance is currently significantly above average ...

TOWER inforce premiums rise 33pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
TOWER Australia's inforce premium has grown 33 per cent to $946 million, with AustralianSuper's inforce premium representing $110 million at the end of March. Jim Minto, managing director at TOWER Australia, at the firm's first-half profit update, said ...