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Superannuation

Miscreant employers are not being deterred by the penalty regime attaching to the non-payment of the superannuation guarantee, according to the Institute of Public Accou...

Superannuation

A new survey has confirmed continuing industry fund antipathy towards self-managed superannuation funds but less certainty about how they should be regulated....

Superannuation

A financial planning firm has urged Government scrutiny of a loophole which has allowed at least one firm to offer early access to superannuation to fund IVF....

Superannuation

Complex super insurance claims processes and delays forced members to opt for litigation in the lodgement of the claim despite the legal fees involved, a super working g...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government introduced the ASIC industry funding model bill into Parliament on Thursday, which would require entities to fund it rather than taxpayers....

Funds management

The University of Technology Sydney and PortfolioConstruction Forum have launched Investment Management Research Programme....

Superannuation

ASIC’s damning report into financial advisers in institutions signal the risk that lied in banks increasing their market share in superannuation, ISA argued....

Superannuation

Retail non-super grew 5.7 per cent in FUM/A over the year to December 2016 compared to personal super at 3.1 per cent, and employer super at three per cent, according to ...

Policy & Regulation

Industry Super Australia chief executive, David Whiteley has ramped up his defence of the default fund regime claiming the Big Four banks want super dominance....

Superannuation

Allowing young people early access to super to fund their first home would set back a retirement system still struggling to fully deliver, the ISA said....

Superannuation

The introduction of CIPR could provide a strategic benefit for industry funds but only if they invested rigorously in product design....

Superannuation

The superannuation concessional contribution cap for people over 50 should be reinstated, according to the IPA....

Financial planning

Financial advisers must conduct the difficult and personal discussions around longevity risk with clients while ensuring they incorporate the risk into retirement plannin...

Superannuation

Industry super fund, Mine Wealth + Wellbeing has today announced the appointment of two new executives as part of a strategy refresh....

Superannuation

All SMSF professionals should revisit the extended taxpayer alert to review its potential impact on their clients, the SMSF Association believes....

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