Article: [16] Reminder: transitional rules for defined benefit super funds ended on 31.12.05.

Article: [509] Defined benefit funds with less than 50 ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 3, 2006 ;     496 words ... ... Superannuation Industry Supervision (SIS) regulations that defined benefit super funds in must have at least 50 members. There is also ... funds with fewer than 50 members may not issue new defined benefit pensions. However, the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Article: [1807] Extension for employers who use defined ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  October 3, 2008 ;     420 words ... ... from that date. However, the Australian Taxation Office has stated that employers who have staff who are in defined benefit super funds have until 31 December 2008 to acquire a new certificate. Publication Date: 26 September 2008 AUSTRALIAN ...

Article: Solvency of super funds declines thanks to bear ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  March 27, 2003 ;     418 words ... ... Authority (APRA) recently conducted a survey of 370 super funds and found that there has been an average 10 fall ... benefits. APRA predominantly focused its attention on defined benefit super funds, rather than defined contribution funds, because ...

Article: Super funds: a profile.(Brief Article)
Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 18, 2005 ;     617 words ... ... five per cent as of June 2003. Their exposure to alternative investments remained greater than that of defined benefit and hybrid super funds, while industry funds had a significantly greater percentage of their assets allocated to alternative ...

Article: Cash allocation rises in super funds.(Brief ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  April 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... COMTEX) Australian defined benefit superannuation funds ... with 2.5 per cent by defined benefit funds and 2.3 per cent by hybrid super funds, David Indge, head ... notes that larger super funds tend to have a greater ...

Article: [1992] Last chance to implement DIY defined benefit ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  December 9, 2005 ;     500 words ... ... put a stop to the provision of defined benefit pensions by small superannuation ... May 2004 can still establish a defined benefit pension, provided that they ... members of do-it- yourself super funds, particularly those who have ...

Article: Back in fashion but defined benefit schemes still ...
Australasian Business Intelligence;  May 5, 2003 ;     434 words ... ... COMTEX) Once-unfashionable Australian defined benefit superannuation funds came out ahead ... Regulation Authority are monitoring these super funds, concerned that difficult economic ... contributions in the future. Self-managed super funds have also had a better year, according ...