The superannuation industry has welcomed changes to superannuation included in the Federal Budget but doesn’t believe the Government has gone far enough....

A winding back of the superannuation surcharge has emerged as the most likely superannuation initiative to be included in the Federal Budget to be handed down by Treasure...

Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan has committed to examining the transitional issues of soon-to-launch market-linked pension products, quelling superannuation industry con...

Superannuation industry figure Barbara Smith has on the eve of the Federal Budget urged Treasurer Peter Costello to remove some of the taxes on super funds because they a...

The financial services industry has delivered a mixed response to the Federal Budget, with one association lambasting the Government for “walking away” from Australia’s r...

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has done an about face, welcoming Senator Helen Coonan’s reassurance of the Federal Government’s commitment to...

It promises to be a busy year for advisers and their clients. Andrew Lawless outlines key dates for 2003....

RESEARCH into super co-contributions, outlined by Dr Vince FitzGerald of the Allen Consulting Group at the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference...

Superannuation is a hot topic in the industry at the moment for a few reasons....

Advisers who recommended using a lifetime annuity to escape a 1997 ruling on means tested unemployment benefits for people over 55 should consider revising the strategy i...

A peak accounting body has come out against a major amendment to su-perannuation rules currently before federal parliament....

After eleven months of uncertainty, financial advisers now have a clearer indi-cation as to how the changes to the investment rules for superannuation funds, announced in...

At the end of April, the Assistant Treasurer released an exposure draft of the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1999. This is the legislation that implem...