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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 ...

The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... superannuation has evolved since it was introduced 20 years ago, from someone who's been there from the beginning. Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, was the chair of the senate committee of superannuation back in 1990 ...

ASX listing breaches hit 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... possible investigation and enforcement," said Mayne. Meanwhile the minister of superannuation and corporate law, senator Nick Sherry, announced on Friday the appointment of two new Commissioners to ASIC which he said would strengthen ASIC's ability to ...

Deloitte warns against split regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... banking and finance specialist, said the firm was concerned minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry's proposal would mean mortgages might be regulated nationally but non-mortgage lenders would still be regulated state-by-state ...