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Non-TFN tax attack

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007

... get the cover again," he said. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) estimates that almost 1.1 million or 8 per cent of active super accounts do not have a TFN.

ASFA launches three-part super plan

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007

Soft compulsion, increased advice and standardised investment options would be the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) key goals in the near future, according to chief executive Pauline Vamos. Speaking at the opening day of the ...

The real choice battlefront: direct versus intermediated

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007

InvestmentLink's latest super choice index confirms that funds without either very strong distribution networks or powerful brands able to attract self-directed investors will struggle to gain momentum under super choice. The report is based on InvestmentLink's ...

Labor's super plans costly, complex and a disincentive: Liberals

... required to use tax file numbers to match Australia's 5.4 million lost or forgotten accounts to their owners' last active super account. Brough claims that, "Labor prefers a policy of automatic consolidation that would result in many Australians having ...

Super choice could hit 10 per cent in just year one: InvestmentLink

... industry pundits may have expected. InvestmentLink says there appear to be four main drivers for members making an active super choice decision. These are brand power, account consolidation, job turnover, and employers being able to administer choice ...

Labor has a red letter day in Parliament: Senator Sherry

Superannuation portability, which the Government was attempting to pass through the Senate, has been disallowed in Parliament today. According to Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, there had been a unanimous ...

Senate Super Committee calls for rewrite of government portability regulations

Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, has said that the Senate Super Committee has unanimously requested the Government rewrite its so-called portability regulations. "The portability regulations claim to allow ...

Australians to be reunited with their lost super

... "We investigate the accounts super funds transfer to us with a view to transferring our members' account to their active super fund," he said.

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA | 10:47AM

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI | 12:24PM

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI | 12:21PM

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:09PM

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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