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Superannuation

FSC makes move on fund governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Some of the super industry's biggest players will have new transparency and governance policies to work under after the FSC released its new mandatory policy requirements.

Social infrastructure not suited to pension funds: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
Pension funds should avoid investing in social infrastructure because of its inherent political risk and its small illiquid asset pool, according to a just released study by the UK EDHEC Risk Institute.

Online historic cash reporting drives SMSF efficiency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
Macquarie Bank has introduced online access to 10 years worth of historic cash management account statements to support the growing SMSF market.

ATO warns SMSFs on property transfers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
The Australian Taxation Office has warned self managed super fund trustees about inappropriate property transfers into super funds, signalling a crackdown into the practice.

Tax and Super bill doesn't go far enough: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals Association of Australia claims the government's excess contribution tax threshold of $10,000 is not high enough.

H3 Global wins LG Super mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
Westpac- linked H3 Global Advisers has been awarded a $55 million mandate by Local Government Super in New South Wales, pushing its total assets under management to over $600 million.

MLC MasterKey Business Super wins mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
MLC MasterKey Business Super has won two corporate super mandates worth more than $10 million in combined funds under management.

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
In the past 13 years, $1 trillion has been contributed into superannuation funds while the proportion of benefits paid as lump sums has plummeted.

CommInsure secures Tasmanian public sector fund mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
Tasmania's public sector super fund, Retirement Benefits Fund, has appointed CommInsure as its external group insurance provider.

Tax concessions focus of Super roundtable

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
Better information on tax concessions, the operation of superannuation post-retirement and improving super for women dominated the inaugural superannuation roundtable meeting yesterday.