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Hyperion hard-closes flagship small-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Hyperion Asset Management has announced it will hard-close its small-cap Australian equities fund, the Hyperion Small Growth Companies Fund. Having originally soft-closed the fund at the beginning of April, Hyperion will now pay out distributions in ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used his budget reply speech last night to label the government's superannuation changes as "retrospective" and reaffirm Labor's election policy on the $2 trillion industry. On Tuesday the government announced ...

Further monetary stimulus risks woeful asset returns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Central banks are running out of road. If governments ask them to continue down the path of previously unthinkable monetary policy without implementing fiscal policies of their own, there are likely to be severe unintended consequences for the global ...

CBA announces new Board of Advice Companies director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... serves as a director of a number of organisations including: Private Healthcare Australia, International Federation of Health Plan, Members Own Health Funds, Pioneer Credit, Goldfields Money, Synergy and the Insurance Commission of Western Australia. ...

Advisers not impressed with budget changes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
More than 50% of advisers believe that the federal budget will have a negative impact on their clients but agree that it will drive an increase in the need for advice, according to a survey from Midwinter. The survey garnered responses from 103 Australian ...

Super fund disclosure gets extension

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
Superannuation funds have been given an extra year to bring themselves up to speed with proposed portfolio holdings disclosure and choice product dashboard requirements. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said the new start ...

Government acts on income streams review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
Going some way to form the federal government's superannuation budget agenda last night was Treasury's release of the Retirement Income Streams Review. Based on the review's seven recommendations the government has decided to remove tax barriers to ...

Advisers encouraged to review changes carefully

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... argues that while the addition of a lifetime non-concessional cap fits with the government's review of super and economic plan, it will mean that many individuals have their retirement plans disrupted "by the move to a lifetime cap without any real telegraphing ...

Reforms aimed at supporting women

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... working Australians. It is good to see that economic sense has prevailed and the Government has recognized that its original plan to abolish super low income measures was a backward step." This measure is estimated to have a cost to revenue of $10 million ...

Super objective paves way for taxation changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The Federal Government has made several budget announcements around its reaffirmation of enshrining the objective of superannuation in law, including taxing the earnings of Transition to Retirement Income Streams. A joint statement from Treasurer Scott ...