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Stone age funds up for reforms

The Federal Government is looking into legacy products in the managed funds industry as the next area for reforms in an effort to drive more cost savings in the $221 billion sector. Speaking at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) ...

Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Legislators in the German Bundestag have voted to increase their country's retirement age from 65 to 67 years, overriding huge howls of protest from unions. Despite the strong protests, the vote was passed by a huge majority of 408 to only 169. Driving ...

PE stirs academic heat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
The wave of private equity (PE) investment stirring political concerns in the UK, and to a lesser extent in the US, has prompted Australian academics to attempt a review of how PE investments should be regulated in Australia. Speaking at the Barbarians ...

Teach a man to fish: ANZ

A community savings program set up by ANZ and a charity group three years ago has proven that improving an individual's financial literacy has lasting benefits. The latest research has shown that Saver Plus, the matched savings program jointly developed ...

HOSTPLUS joins the Collingwood Magpies team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
HOSTPLUS has taken another bold step in its high profile brand marketing strategy, partnering with the AFL Collingwood Magpies on a number of strategies designed to benefit both parties and HOSTPLUS members. As part of the partnership, HOSTPLUS becomes ...

Private equity everywhere: CHAMP

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
Private equity players are now rightfully an integral part of any deal in Australia, big or small, according to Nat Childers, director of CHAMP Private Equity. Addressing attendees at the 2007 Asian Private Equity and Venture Forum, Childers painted ...

Senate passes super changes

The Simplified Super legislation has passed through the Senate with the Federal Opposition supporting the changes. Under the legislation superannuation benefits paid from a taxed fund will be tax-free for people aged over 60 and reasonable benefit limits ...

SEQUAL defends advisers on reverse mortgages

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... out that the average loan size of a reverse mortgage is only $53,300 and unlikely to provide sufficient commissions incentive to drive adviser sales. "Reverse mortgages have helped improve the retirement lifestyles of a number of Australian retirees ...

All is not lost

They say money don't grow on trees. Not unless it's unclaimed or lost super money which grew from $6 billion four years ago to $9.7 billion this year, according to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). The ATO has launched an online service that allows people ...

ATO to create single lost super gateway

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is to create a single and simplified gateway for people looking to find their lost or unclaimed superannuation. The ATO will do this by rationalising its existing processes to identify actual lost members, obtain ...