SUPER

Superannuation

The Government’s superannuation reforms discourage members from boosting their super balances and push them to invest in their own name when it should be doing the opposi...

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Superannuation

Unpaid super can cost workers tens of thousands of dollars, according to ISA research....

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Superannuation

Advisers and super funds must strive to change members’ thinking about their super as a balance in an account to an income stream that would provide for their retirement....

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Superannuation

A concept of adequacy in the super objective will encourage people to save during their working life to fund a self-sufficient retirement, the SMSF Association believes. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Government has laid out the initial ground rules for its proposed ASIC product intervention regime but has invited discussion about whether super products should be i...

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Superannuation

Members were not rushing to top up their super before changes were implemented next year while the Federal Government had avoided publicising its changes to non-concessio...

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Superannuation

Former TAL chief executive, Jim Minto, said insurance via super is the most efficient and effective delivery mechanism....

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News

Money Management and DEXX&R has announced the winners of the thirteenth annual Adviser Choice Risk Awards 2016 at a breakfast briefing this morning....

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Superannuation

StatePlus acting chief executive, Graeme Arnott, has been appointed as the firm’s new chief executive....

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Superannuation

While the Government has won bouquets for its $500,000 concessional cap change, it has received brickbats for its reversal on the work test for those aged 65 to 75....

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Superannuation

Scrapping the $500,000 lifetime cap is a step in the right direction, but there is still more work to be done for super, the financial services industry believes....

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Accounting

Ignition Wealth has launched a wellness profile, aimed at enabling customers to aggregate their financial data and produce a snapshot of their assets....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees have retreated from contributing in the June quarter as a result of the proposed changes to the superannuation system announced by the Federal Government. ...

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Superannuation

Vision Super has gone against the grain by implementing a self-administration platform....

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Superannuation

Almost half of all workers believe finding and consolidating super is time consuming and complex while an equal number of people were not sure if they have lost super....

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