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Align with super's purpose, not politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Self-managed superannuation fund investors who are nervous about making decisions because of impending federal government changes to taxation must realign their focus with super's purpose. BT Financial Group head of financial literacy and advocacy ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Queensland parliament. "I was there in the heady days of Joh Bjelke-Petersen," she recalls, "and I developed a real love for politics. I had a real bent to the field, so I eventually went down into the Canberra press gallery and spent a lot of time working ...

Former politician joins fintech board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... decisions throughout their life and improve their financial fitness," Ripoll said. Ripoll is well known in Australian politics for pushing better and more affordable financial services. His stance gained prominence in November 2009 with the release of ...

Govt underestimates SMSF Budget impact: BGL

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... wrong. We are seeing a lot of anger directed at the ridiculous impractical superannuation policies from both sides of politics. "Many people are disillusioned with their superannuation. They feel the proposed superannuation policies of all the major ...

YBR announces director resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... previously been acting director of strategy and digital at Nine Entertainment. She replaced David Coleman, who went into politics and is now the Federal Member for Banks. At YBR, Kansil represented Nine, one of YBR's main shareholders. She was also managing ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... funding model." The other important consideration, he noted, was that an industry-funded model precludes the influence of politics, and potentially stabilises the regulatory mandate. "A concerning aspect of the SEC regime is that politics can get involved ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... deepened its investigations by adopting calls to examine the country's life insurance sector. With support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams has amended the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry's terms of reference to look at several ...

$1m does not make you rich, Australians say

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... "Whether it be the Hawke/Keating super reforms of the 80s and 90s, or the 2006 Howard-era Future Fund, both sides of politics have made substantial contributions to help to 'save retirement'. Yet we know people contribute less when government tinkers ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... and demand. Admittedly in the Middle East these factors entwined with the objectives of nation building and regional politics adds a layer of complication to this but it still works within an economic framework. The chart below shows the latest International ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... a fraction of the employees they previously needed. "It's going to mean a lot of different things for inequality, for politics and lots of things. It may also mean a lot of savings in the world economy - facing too few investment opportunities and consistently ...