SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual has closed the capital raising a new private capital fund with total subscribed capital of $80.4 million....

Financial planning

Superannuation fund members may be starting to find they are being targeted by their own funds’ affiliated financial planners, if the results of the Top 100 survey are an...

Financial planning

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has fired a broadside at the Federal Opposition for delaying important reforms to financial services industry regulation....

Financial planning

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has fired a broadside at the Federal Opposition for delaying important reforms to financial services industry regulation....

Superannuation

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) yesterday called on the Federal Government to establish an inquiry into retirement incomes policy as part of a drive...

Financial planning

A new superannuation industry group to represent smaller superannuation funds has been officially launched....

Financial planning

Australia’s superannuation system remains as baffling as ever to the people that use it, a survey has found....

Financial planning

Superannuation and retirement savings should be the subject of a federal government review, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA)....

Policy & Regulation

Australians overwhelmingly support compulsory superannuation, but are furious at they way it is taxed and confused at how the system works, according to ASFA re-search....

Financial planning

More than $3.4 billion in superannuation has been lost by Australians, with the amount held in unclaimed accounts growing by more than $1 billion a year....

Financial planning

More than $3.4 billion in superannuation has been lost by Australians, with the amount held in unclaimed accounts growing by more than $1 billion a year....

Superannuation

Tower Life Australia hopes to raise $40 million from its new Protected Equity Bond which is being distributed direct to investors via a call centre....

Financial planning

The Life Insurance Conduct and Disclosure (LICD) Bill is back on the legislative agenda but under a different guise....

Financial planning

Most Australian women will have to rely on aged pensions when they retire because their superannuation fund balances are inadequate, according to a university study....

Superannuation

Superannuation assets grew 14 per cent in the 1998/99 financial year, with industry and retail fund assets the fastest growing market segments, according to the latest AP...

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