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Labor completes super agenda with passage of four bills

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The federal government's superannuation reform agenda is complete following the passage of four bills through the Senate last night. Included in the new laws (listed below) was an increase in concessional contribution caps to $35,000 for people over ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Russell Investments has expanded its actuarial consulting team with three new senior appointments. Louise Campbell has been promoted to director and head of actuarial, while new hires Bill Buttler and Margaret O'Halloran join as director and senior ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Uh-oh, looks like it's still "not safe... very dangerous, be careful". Just when the Fed's started to deploy some official to unwind the fear that Bernanke's "tapering soon" rhetoric created, along comes China. New York Fed president Bill Dudley remarked ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Coalition has said it will support the federal government's Superannuation Laws Amendment Bill, granting tax relief to superannuation funds which do not acquire a MySuper licence. Under MySuper regulations, funds which do not offer a MySuper product ...

Excess super contributions amendments pass House of Reps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Amendments to the government's Fairer Taxation of Excess Concessional Contributions legislation has passed the lower house. Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten's office said the legislation is expected to go before the Senate late next week, and ...

Parliament passes TASA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The Parliament has voted and passed the amendments to the tax agents under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill that will extend the exemption for financial planners to become registered tax agents. The current exemption will be extended to June 30 ...

TASA may also affect industry super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
As the financial services industry awaits MPs' position on the amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill, industry superannuation funds have raised concerns that the legislation could also affect them. The Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Government to table concessional contributions bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The government is expected to introduce legislation to ease penalties on excess concessional contributions into Parliament today. If amended, the Tax Laws Amendment Bill 2013 and Superannuation Imposition Bill 2013 will allow Australians to withdraw ...

Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Bill Shorten, minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, has used a speech to a Financial Services Council (FSC) dinner at Parliament House in Canberra to assertively defend the government's reform record on superannuation. Shorten listed a ...

Coalition opposes TASA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The Coalition has opposed the changes to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) bill on the same day that the Parliamentary Joint Committee is due to present the results of its inquiry to the Parliament. "It is completely inappropriate to release this sort ...