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Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The federal government plans to update the More Super calculator to take into account increases to the Super Guarantee (SG) which will come into effect on 1 July. The More Super calculator allows users to find out how much super they will have accumulated ...

Cbus chair Steve Bracks to resign

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Cbus chair Steve Bracks will resign as chair of the Cbus board to accept a federal government position as Australian Consulate-General in New York. Bracks joined the board in 2009 and his resignation will become effective from 1st September 2013. "Under ...

Govt could handcuff SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... SMSF fund members return to the government pension to fund their retirement. "There is a major risk for the federal government here, in that each fund owns what is effectively a put option back to the government," the report said. "This begs the question ...

Elana Rubin appointed MLC director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... 2007. She is currently a director of Mirvac Group and PPB Advisory, a member of Chief Executive Women, of the Federal Government's Infrastructure Australia Council and of the Climate Change Authority. Rubin is also fellow of the Australian Institute ...

Govt starts super reforms campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
The federal government has rolled out a public education campaign explaining superannuation reforms, starting with a website and street billboards. The website, http://superfuture.gov.au/ contains information for employers, individuals and super funds. ...

Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... assets supporting income streams receive from 1 July 2014. Towers Watson managing director Andrew Boal said the federal government announcement will encourage the take-up of DLAs and represents a watershed moment for the Australian superannuation industry. ...

Low balance members hit with fees under super changes

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Extra administration costs borne out of the federal government's proposed superannuation changes could be passed onto all superannuation fund members, even those with small balances, according to Deloitte. The government has said that the proposed loss ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... according to official data. Businesses appeared reluctant to hire in the face of sluggish growth and after the federal government's $85 billion a month "sequester" spending cuts kicked in on March 1. "The weak March is particularly discouraging given ...

Industry groups join forces to mount super campaign

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... superannuation. This morning both the Financial Services Council and the newly-formed SMSF Owners' Alliance gave Federal Government a March 12 deadline, the date parliament resumes, to rule out tax changes to superannuation. Speaking in Sydney this morning ...

AUI makes property team appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... and portfolio management and has held senior property roles with AXA as well as working with both local and federal government. Lumby will be responsible for AUI's unlisted property funds in the office, retail, and industrial sectors as well as its two ...