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New super book for indigenous mob

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... providing tax file numbers and information about death benefits. Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, said the booklet is designed to assist indigenous super fund members understand superannuation. "This new version brings ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... FPA Rules of Professional Conduct," said FPA's deputy chief Deen Sanders. A spokesperson for superannuation minister Nick Sherry said the minister is pleased that the industry is "taking the initiative to improve structural issues that are not in the ...

APRA to review super fund stats

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... choice, they need information and that information needs to be accurate." Last week, superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry submitted a proposal to the Industrial Relations Commissions suggesting employers should select their default fund from an ...

Super funds to pass 'approved list'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry continues his campaign to "renovate the house" when he filed a government submission calling for a radical change to the way employers select their default super fund - suggesting a default fund should be chosen from an 'approved ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry's comments on potentially removing the 15 per cent contributions tax on super of women at certain stages of their work life fuels further debate on how the government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator ...

Introducing the Burnie Pub PDS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... statements (PDSs) in favour of plain English four-page forms by creating a template to prove it can be done. Today Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, and Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, announced ...

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... multi-employer in a move that gave them scale and the ability to operate at low fees, and they had union trustees, said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. The union campaign for employer-paid super became the model for ...

FPA backs 'advice within super' review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... Association of Australia (FPA) has said it will actively participate in any review of the system, as suggested by Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law. "If we need to provide greater clarity to Australians on the various ...

New ombudsman service welcomed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... awareness of the availability of this free service," said the minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. Jenni Mack, chair of consumer group, CHOICE, echoed this sentiment. "Bringing most of the external dispute resolution services ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has suggested Australia look to Sweden's nationalised pension system for a model of how to operate a low-cost superannuation system. But is this the right comparison? The centrally ...