SUPER FUNDS

The Industry Super Network claims high frequency trading is benefiting a small subset of investors at the expense of super funds....

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Superannuation

Despite some questioning of the safety of SMSFs, new research has confirmed SMSF trustees are generally more satisfied than members of other types of superannuation funds...

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Financial planning

Early adopters of scaled advice technologies and services may have to rethink their offering as the FOFA reforms move closer to their start date....

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Superannuation

XPlan is developing a SOA template for four local government superannuation funds....

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Claims that SMSFs have no recourse against fraud and theft are simply not true, according to SPAA....

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Superannuation

Peter Burgess believes many SMSFs are failing to claim valuable tax deductions....

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Financial planning

The Government has released exposure draft legislation on CGT relief for merging superannuation funds....

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Superannuation

The Industry Super Network wants the Government to accept past performance as the basis for selecting default superannuation funds....

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Superannuation

Around seven per cent of all self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) assets representing $26 billion are now held in unlisted property, according to Melbourne-based firm ...

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Superannuation

According to APRA's superannuation overview for March 2012, total contributions have risen from the March 2011 quarter, although employers are stepping up for members who...

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Superannuation

The average pension account has exceeded $200,000 for the first time across the superannuation industry, according to data collected by research centre SuperRatings. ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has prosecuted more than 1,500 people for tax and superannuation offences so far this financial year....

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Superannuation

The ATO has been warned some superannuation funds will struggle to be ready to meet changes in rollover requirements....

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Superannuation

SMSFs with less than $50,000 in assets pay around 7 per cent per year in operating costs, but due to the size of the average fund most pay less than 0.25 per cent....

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Superannuation

ASFA has warned that the Government's inaction on CGT relief will be an impediment to its implementation of Stronger Super....

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