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Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... of the beneficiaries." Hosting its annual responsible investment conference in Sydney recently, RIAA released the white paper: Driving long-term investment and delivering responsible financial markets - A preliminary paper on industry priorities. It ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
As the SMSF rush slows down, Laura Millan asks whether individual funds will withstand harsher market conditions and reviews member direct investment options. It is a known fact that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperformed funds regulated by the ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... pension. Murray's elegant recommendation to set clear aims for super comes at the ideal time before we recommence the Tax White Paper discussion on super and tax reform. Clearly defining super will also stop future thought bubbles that super is for housing ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... ability to draw an income to live on during their retirement. A framework is to be developed in conjunction with the Tax White Paper process and the Retirement Income Streams review," Slattery said. Other benefits for the SMSFs in the government's response ...

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... his economic vision in which he wanted to see a more agile, competitive Australia. The timing and process of the Tax White Paper (WTP) is now critical given the 12 month window until the next election. The TWP should be rebooted to seek a mandate at ...

Managed accounts forum sold out, 2015 adviser survey results revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
More than 180 financial advisers and managed account professionals will be in Sydney tomorrow to attend a national forum on managed accounts where the key findings of the 2015 Financial Standard adviser survey on managed accounts will be revealed. Managed ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... the media along with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and also confirmed that "there has been no change to the tax white paper process at all." The Treasurer's statement came shortly after Fairfax Media published information by anonymous sources that ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... before reports by Fairfax Media today that new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put a halt on the government's Tax White Paper. However a post on Malcolm Turnbull's Facebook page said the story was not true. "We have not stopped work on the tax white ...

NZ Super weighs equity market capacity

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... for about 2% of total market capitalisation. The NZ market capitalisation is currently more than NZ$99.5 billion. A white paper recently published by the Guardians said when making manager capacity assessments it prefers a more complex approach that ...

UK moves away from annuities: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... created a "seismic movement" away from annuities according to UK-based financial researcher Defaqto. In its most recent white paper aimed at financial advisers working with retirement plans, Defaqto said that in Q1 2015, the number of annuities sold ...