Self-employed people aged between 60 and 64 have around half the super of employees under SG, according to ASFA....
Super funds see robo-advice as a service they will provide free to members as a channel to comprehensive offerings that will attract a charge....
Financial planners and their clients face an inevitable period of uncertainty at a time of continuing volatility if the Government moves for a double dissolution election...
The FSC, AIST, ASFA and ISA have all welcomed the Government’s move to enshrine superannuation in legislation, and hoped this would bring certainty to super policies. ...
The Federal Government is being urged to upgrade the status of unpaid superannuation guarantee entitlements and include them in the Fair Entitlements Guarantee regime....
ASFA CEO, Pauline Vamos, will be stepping down from her position on 30 June....
The Federal Treasury has revised downwards its estimate of the cost of super tax concessions but the industry believes they are still being over-stated....
People providing so-called “wholesale” advice should not be permitted to call themselves planners....
The Government has been told existing planners will likely need more time to sensibly move to degree level educational qualifications....
Retirees’ cost of living for singles and couples saw a modest rise of 0.2 per cent over the September quarter, ASFA data showed....
Fewer than 500 people have super balances over $10 million but they are skewing percpetions of the super regime....
ASFA has congratulated former Treasurer, Wayne Swan’s, ex-chief-of-staff, on his appointment to Shadow Minister for financial services and superannuation....
Myths surrounding the equity and sustainability of superannuation tax concessions will need to be debunked if there is to be a serious debate about reform, ASFA believes....
Proposed ASIC class order changes to fees and costs disclosure are so opaque one industry group has called for whiteboards and an industry roundtable to dissect them....
Australia must avoid temptation to compromise on how to deal with an ageing population in order to fix housing affordability, ASFA believes....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...