SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

APRA-regulated funds must focus on regulatory compliance and be wary of misleading new and existing members, according to SMSF Association chief executive, Andrea Slatter...

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Superannuation

Super fund members are either unaware of what to do or overwhelmed by the issue according to ASFA...

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Financial planning

ASIC announces banning of Charterhill Group founder, George Nowak, until 3 July, 2017....

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Funds management

ASIC has been warned that cobbling together guidance on PDS fee disclosure is not enough and that the underlying legislation needs to be fixed....

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Superannuation

Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, is set to consider a number of measures to make superannuation more flexible, including moves to allow Australians use their super to fund ...

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Superannuation

ASFA warns policymakers need to pay attention to longer retirement periods as the Intergenerational Report touches on rising lifespans and retirement periods of Australia...

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Life/Risk

Increased investment from unlisted funds, offshore investors and superannuation funds drove Australia’s retail property sector to a third consecutive year of record inves...

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Financial planning

Australians’ dreams of owning their own home is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve with housing becoming less affordable, a new report reveals....

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Superannuation

Pay inequality will cause a retirement gender gap with one in three women having not a superannuation fund at all, according to ASFA....

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Superannuation

Government urged to consider allowing married couples to have joint superannuation accounts....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has called on both sides of politics to commit themselves to overarching goals for superannuation and to avoid tinkering with superannuation for shor...

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Financial planning

With Baby Boomers closing in on retirement, the financial advice industry needs to shift its focus from accumulation to draw down, according to Lonsec Research....

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News

Trying to service retired members predicted to placed increased pressure on superannuation fund cost structures....

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Funds management

Super funds argue that infrastructure investment can help underpin their funding of post-retirement income products....

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Financial planning

New research suggests few superannuation fund members have any real idea of the life insurance they hold inside super....

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