MARTIN FAHY

Superannuation

The devil will be in the detail and so all the key elements of the superannuation industry want the Government to enter into meaningful consultation around its superannua...

Superannuation

The early release extension reinforces the need to lift the superannuation guarantee to 12%, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. ...

Superannuation

The average balanced investment returned flat for the 2019/20 financial year, after the pandemic wiped 37% of the Australian share market from peak to trough in March and...

Superannuation

The now permanent capital gains tax measure for superannuation fund mergers has taken away a barrier to fund consolidation, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Aus...

Superannuation

The average early release of super for financial hardship withdrawals is around $8,000, below the $10,000 maximum....

Superannuation

The review is an opportunity to improve retirement outcomes for Australians, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia believes....

Superannuation

The retirement income review’s model will be able to dispel the contagious false narratives such as spiralling inflation and plummeting house prices that disproportionate...

Outsider

Outsider does enjoy a good intellectual joust but he also knows when he is out of his league....

Superannuation

New research has confirmed that Government changes to the rules are making it harder for people to accumulate more than $2 million in their superannuation accounts....

Superannuation

The major superannuation industry bodies have united to condemn the latest superannuation analysis from the Grattan Institute as just plain wrong....

Financial planning

Retirees have seen a slight increase in living costs over the last quarter, according to the ASFA Retirement Standard, with a jump in the cost of food particularly contri...

Policy & Regulation

The financial services industry has delivered the Budget a muted response in circumstances where the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, had announced most of the Government’s fi...

Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds have welcomed the Royal Commission’s final report, but financial planning groups are concerned about the outcome for their members....

Superannuation

Federal Women’s Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, today announced a raft of policies intended to boost superannuation for women as the Government looks to act on financial gender ...

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has joined the dissent against the Grattan Institute’s retirement report, labelling it “an unprecedented attack on th...

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