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Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Superannuation funds are calling for the government to reject a proposal from the Board of Taxation to lift the superannuation payment threshold for low income and casual workers to $1,350 a quarter. The measure would mean that employees who earn less ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... against the amendments. In late November, the Greens, Labor and some crossbenchers formed an alliance to disallow the government's changes to FoFA, which had been passed as regulations. ASIC has said that it will take a "sensible and measured" approach ...

Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... directors including an independent chair, David Murray has recommended in the Financial System Inquiry final report. If the government implements this recommendation, it would represent a radical change from the current status quo, in which there is ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... in relation to home insurance. Regulator accountability: Create a new Financial Regulator Assessment Board to advise Government annually on how financial regulators have implemented their mandates. Provide clearer guidance to regulators in Statements ...

Hastings appoints new TIF portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... Australian mandates as providing "investors access to the strong infrastructure pipeline that will exist in Australia as the Government accelerates its privatisation agenda." Hastings chief executive Andrew Day said of the changes: "Hastings is keen ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Lette said. Earlier this year, TIF and consortium partner China Merchants Group won the $1.75 billion New South Wales Government auction for the 99 year lease of Port of Newcastle. TIF is a $1.6 billion investment fund formed in 1998 by a group of institutional ...

LGsuper appoints chair to the board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... retiring after 19 years as chairman of the LGsuper board, a period that saw the fund for Queensland Local Government employees grow from $702 million in funds under management and 31,500 members to $8.5 billion in funds and almost 90,000 members. "LGsuper ...

GESB outsources admin to Link Group

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
The Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) has outsourced the management of its superannuation administration services to the Link Group. Western Australian Treasurer Mike Nahan said outsourcing the administration would allow Western Australian ...

JANA rejigs team after absorbing MLC IM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... for its property team. The organisation will grow its client services team, following Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) decision to switch asset consultants from Mercer to JANA. Speaking about the challenges in the asset consultancy sector ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten