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Superannuation

The chief executive of Australia's second-largest super fund, Australian Retirement Trust, is to depart next February. ...

Financial planning

Australian Retirement Trust has introduced new financial advice fee caps, coming into effect for Australian Retirement Trust Super Savings and QSuper accounts from 15 Aug...

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Superannuation

QSuper will have to communicate clearly with members of Sunsuper, ahead of their merger in February, that they could be liable to pay a fee for fines or penalties incurre...

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Financial planning

Advisers will have the opportunity to show their value as the performance test will be a catalyst for member engagement....

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Superannuation

Dividend income, with the help of franking credits, may not continue to be a reliable method of income for retirees, according to a panel....

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Superannuation

Along with a benchmark test, the superannuation performance test should also have an independent assessment by a panel of industry experiences, the chairs of major super ...

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Superannuation

Ten superannuation funds experienced outflows in excess of a billion dollars as a result of the Government’s COVID-19 hardship superannuation early release regime, with i...

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Superannuation

New data has emerged suggesting as many as 5% of early release superannuation applicants entirely emptied their accounts while just 10 superannuation funds paid around 68...

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People & Products

Former Sunsuper chief executive, Scott Hartley, has been appointed the new chief executive of AMP Australia reporting to Francesco De Ferrari....

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Superannuation

When the Government’s early release superannuation scheme comes to an end, 10 funds will have made over 60% of the payments, most of them being industry funds....

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Superannuation

Data analysis around the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime has revealed that the ‘rivers of gold’ inflows generated by the superannuation guarante...

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund industry representatives are expressing concern as funds face outflows of more than $60 billion as a result of the Government’s three-month extension ...

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Financial planning

Despite much of the job market struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, financial and insurance services have seen a boost in openings in June. ...

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Superannuation

Ten major superannuation funds continue to do the majority of the heavy lifting on hardship early release superannuation, but some appear to have been less affected than ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund members returning to access the $10,000 second tranche of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime have dominated the latest Aust...

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