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Self-employed lack super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Nearly one-third of all self-employed Australians have zero superannuation, new research shows. Data released by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Limited (ASFA) show around 28 per cent of the self-employed sector has no superannuation ...

Perennial adds to smaller companies division

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Perennial Value Management has appointed Andrew Smith to senior analyst of the firm's smaller companies division. Smith previously worked at small cap researcher, Linwar Securities, as head of research and prior to that, worked at Tyndall within its ...

Buck stops with trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Even though trustees of retail and not-for-profit super funds are subject to the same laws, they have evolved different ways of executing their roles, said Senator Nick Sherry minister for superannuation and corporate law. The operational differences ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... regarding how it is expected to increase coal-generated electricity prices by around 17 per cent. But this could create an incentive for carbon neutral electricity to compete head to head at a considerable price discount, the theory being that traditional ...

AMP roadmap to growth

AMP's newly-appointed chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the group's five-pronged growth plan ahead of the predicted doubling of the superannuation industry's size within the next 10 years. Speaking at the group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) today ...

Give advice a tax break

... deduction for fee for service advice - whether paid out of a member's super account or not - would offer advisers the incentive to move away from commissions selling and towards offering impartial advice," said ISN's executive manager, David Whiteley. ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
As agriculture continues to outperform, the push for sustainable biofuels will only increase investor appetite for investment opportunities in the sector. According to the Commonwealth Bank, "Australia's listed agribusiness sector has significantly ...

Market bottom approaches, recovery expected soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Investors need to put the latest stock market correction into perspective as it is just a five-yearly pattern repeating itself, explained the KBC investment banking group that is represented in Australia and New Zealand by Liontamer, in a recent global ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... mean SG payments are paid directly into employee accounts. "I think the proposed change is really positive because the incentive for employers to pay on time remains but the payments will be paid directly into a member's account instead of via the Tax ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

The Australian Workers' Union national secretary Paul Howes has called on the Federal Government to allow Australian voters the option to direct their tax cuts into their super fund. In an articled published in today's Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne ...