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Former NSW Treasury deputy secretary to head RBF-Tas

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... asset management and maintenance at the Department of Education in Tasmania. He will return to Tasmania to take up his new post next Monday. RBF chairman Damian Egan said Mussared is "committed and enthusiastic about all of RBF's business plans". Prior ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... three million Australian baby boomers expected to retire over the next 20 years. Towers Watson (the former Watson Wyatt Australia merging with Towers Perrin) is made up of three business segments: Benefits (including superannuation consulting), Risk ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... small Senate quotas result in more left leaning or pro-climate change action Senators being elected then their attitudes to post-GFC, post-Ripoll and post-Cooper financial reforms could be even more radical than the industry has so far imagined. For ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... economist and investment strategist at AMP Capital, speaking at this morning's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees post-Budget briefing. Previous budgets handed many benefits to high income earners and this redresses the balance especially ...

Better insurance for WA LGSP

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... problems, particularly those who do not have enough life cover. The fund had teamed up with its life insurer, Tower Australia, to automatically provide the default level of protection for all WA LGSP members after 1 January. The increased cover now also ...

Macq and OzForex steps up pension transfers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... conversion is made. "This typically take a minimum of six to 10 weeks from the date the UK pension fund posts the cheque to Australia - OzForex identified an opportunity to streamline this process to one week," said Helm. "The transfer from the UK pension ...

Temp residents worse off from new super rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... clause whereby the temporary resident would forfeit super fund savings if it was not claimed within five years of leaving Australia. "This equates to the ATO effectively keeping post-tax remuneration of an employee, legally contracted to be delivered ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... boost national saving levels, suggests two major finance industry bodies. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Investment and Financial Services Association yesterday applauded the Prime Minister's five-point plan to address inflation ...

ARIA looking for new CEO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... league tables, won numerous Australian and international awards, expanded their service range and lead the charge in Australia for sustainability investing. The ARIA board is commencing a search to fill the post but in the interim chief investment officer ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) continues to be the poster child for sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) after raking in $9.6 million in returns for members by shorting shares that didn't pass its SRI screen. Long before Al ...