SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

With volatility and political uncertainty hitting the market hard recently, superannuation members have suffered their second straight month of negative returns....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association is selling the message that you don’t need $1 million to set up a self-managed superannuation fund but regulatory uncertainty does represent a major ...

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Superannuation

Australia could be left with as few as 25 or 30 major superannuation funds in the next decade as changes roll through the industry, not least those resulting from the Roy...

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Financial planning

Superannuation fund administration advice arm, Link Advice sees a continuing role for intrafund advice within the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime....

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People & Products

The research house has included superannuation research in its iRate platform, making an understanding of super “no longer optional” for advisers....

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Funds management

The chairman of Vanguard, Bill McNabb has cautioned Australian funds against resisting transparency with respect to costs and performance....

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Financial planning

Big industry fund, AustralianSuper has called for an end to grandfathering and for a legal obligation on superannuation funds to provide members with an annual report of ...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has accommodated the wishes of industry funds by extending the so-called “superannuation outcomes test” to choice products, most of which reside wi...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has found that ordinary Australians who are members of large super funds are the biggest group benefiting from franking credit refunds, adv...

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Superannuation

The AIST has welcomed an announcement from the Federal Opposition that it will move to amend key measures in the insurance in superannuation package now before Parliament...

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Superannuation

The chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Dr Martin Fahey has argued that there are good reasons for ‘for profit’ superannuation funds ...

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Superannuation

The Government has agreed to make an exception of young and low balance superannuation fund members working in high-risk occupations from its opt-in legislation....

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Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council wants to extend its insurance code of conduct to “all life insurance distributors”....

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Superannuation

The Federal Senate will this week consider the controversial amendment to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act first proposed by the then-Treasurer Scott Morriso...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a warning as credit representatives appear to be lagging on their obligations to join the Australian Finan...

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