SUPERANNUATION FUND

Financial planning

Tower Australia Limited chief executive Jim Minto believes superannuation trustees should be better qualified....

image
Financial planning

Big industry fund, Unisuper, wants trustees granted safe harbour from prosecution based on member investment decisions....

Editorial

Chris Bowen has sent a clear message that the Government will be cherry-picking the recommendations of the Henry Tax Review....

image
Editorial

Membership of large, well-resourced superannuation funds has its advantages, writes Mike Taylor....

image
Financial planning

New Investment Trends research has revealed the degree to which confidence in managed funds and financial planners has taken a hit....

Financial planning

Advisers need to consider the impact of negative returns when consolidating multiple superannuation accounts for clients, writes CRAIG DAY....

Financial planning

A forensic investigation prompted by allegations of a $1 million payment to a lobbyist has cleared both Sunsuper and the current officers running funds management group T...

Financial planning

Dimitri Diamantes discusses the restrictions on obtaining a tax deduction for personal super contributions....

image
Financial planning

FPA calls for a more informed debate on the merits of selecting different superannuation funds....

Financial planning

APRA warns that in some circumstances it can impose specific minimum resourcing obligations on funds as a licence condition....

Financial planning

'Simple advice' may actually erode super balances if members don't understand the limitations of the information they're receiving, according to research by Guardian Fina...

image
Editorial

Following a number of recent liquidity issues, platforms have found themselves in new territory....

Financial planning

A further 22 superannuation fund trustees and 47 funds make relief applications....

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has successfully pursued legal action to recover the assets of the failed Harts Staff Superannuation Fund....

Financial planning

Amid member statements revealing a second consecutive year of double digit losses, the Federal Government has sought to reassure Australians about the value of superannua...

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

18 hours ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

4 days 23 hours ago

It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

3 weeks 3 days ago

Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

2 weeks 4 days ago

A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

3 days 21 hours ago

Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

3 days ago