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Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... superannuation investments to include a base level of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. In its latest discussion paper RIAA has proposed MySuper products should have minimum ESG standards and investment exclusions "to recognise the ...

Aged care, gold opportunity for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... for advisers to help their clients. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released the discussion paper 'The future interaction of superannuation with aged care and health care', which includes research by CoreData assessing community ...

Aged care conundrum for superannuation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... biggest lost opportunity," Vamos said. Opening day two of the ASFA conference in Brisbane, Vamos also released a discussion paper on the interaction between super, aged care and health care. The paper says that by 2055, Australian government Aged Care ...

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... The new Treasurer, Scott Morrison indicated he was thinking carefully about it on 28 September: "There was a discussion paper released some months ago and there have been thousands of submissions that have come into that. But the timing is something ...

FSI panellist challenges ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Registers. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, has released a discussion paper, titled Privatising Public Information: The Sale of the ASIC Business Registers, wherein he criticises the current structure ...

APRA trustee reforms, definition of independence yet to be finalised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
APRA has released a discussion paper detailing the government's proposals for more independent trustees on super fund boards while conceding the definition of independence is yet to be finalised. The proposed changes to trustee operations have divided ...

Greens strike pension test deal with coalition

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... and the Greens means special consideration will be given to retirement incomes in the federal government's Tax Discussion Paper, and proposed changes to the pension asset test will be passed by parliament. The deal was struck late yesterday and confirmed ...

Super tax concession savings not overly generous: NAB

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... is one of six superannuation objectives raised in the bank's recent submission to the federal government's Tax Discussion Paper. The submission says tax imposed within the super environment should not be higher than what would have been paid on an individual's ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... superannuation system and its positive effects for individuals and the economy should not be lost in the Tax Discussion Paper process. This is the view of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), who recently commissioned Vidler Policy ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... explains myths around lump sum payments, mandatory annuities, and bequests. Rice Warner's submission to the Tax Discussion Paper was released today, and notes the share of personal taxation has risen to 48% of the $415 billion in revenue expected to ...