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Superannuation

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
For sure and for certain the Fed will have to lift some time, what is uncertain is when.

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
The Governance Institute has pulled its initial support for the government's bill on superannuation fund boards and is now calling for it to be scrapped.

ASFA supports SGC bill with increased ATO resources

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes reducing the harshness of the super guarantee charge (SGC) should only occur if additional resources are provided to the Australian Tax Office (ATO).

National Achievement Awards to recognise top executives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Nominations for the 2015 National Achievement Awards close on November 6 and hype is already building around who will collect this year's top prizes.

Voting opens on SelectingSuper Consumer Choice award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Voting has opened for the SelectingSuper 2015 Consumer Choice award division of the SelectingSuper fund and product awards.

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Financial markets are now pricing a 57% 25 basis point snip in the official cash rate at the RBA's November meeting, up from less than 40% before WBC's announcement. Citi is 100% sure of a rate cut by February next year.

New super Shadow Minister as PM acknowledges Labor's plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
New Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, said he will build on Labor's proud record in superannuation and advance a "more resilient, fair and competitive financial system."

Big trouble in big China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
We're certainly in terrible trouble now. It couldn't be your normal garden variety profit-taking, pocketing some of last week's cream off the top, simple portfolio rebalancing, or a mere random walk. No siree! There's big trouble in big China and it'll ...

Inflation expectations says no

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
While the Fed and the markets appear to be focused on the one-half of their twin mandate, jobs - the latest slowing of which caused the latest betting that a lift-off is off the table this year - it's doing better than the other half, that is on inflation.

SelectingSuper fund award nominees announced

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
SelectingSuper has announced the nominees for the 2015 annual super fund and product awards to be held on 18th November at the RACV Club in Melbourne.