SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has claimed the outperformance of industry funds highlights the need for the separation between product and advice in the retail sector....

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Funds management

Superannuation funds are benefiting from strong returns produced by listed equities, as the sector recorded a second successive year of double-digit growth in the 2013/14...

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Superannuation

An underwhelming June performance did not stop super funds seeing double digit returns in the 2013/14 financial year....

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Financial planning

The Financial Systems Inquiry interim report has pointed to high super fees and has canvassed auctions for obtaining default fund status....

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Funds management

The apparent disconnect between retirement savings and untapped home equity is one of the most puzzling situations in the financial services space, according to Deloitte....

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Superannuation

People who have spent long periods out of the workforce should be able to access special catch-up superannuation contribution caps....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds risk falling foul of new legislation due to inconsistent fee and cost disclosure practices, an ASIC report reveals....

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Policy & Regulation

The Government must ensure superannuation tax concessions are channelled into building retirement income for Australians who need it, ASFA says....

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Financial planning

Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....

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Superannuation

Australians need to put a minimum of an extra 5.5 per cent of their salaries into superannuation each year on top of the super guarantee, experts from Deloitte Actuaries ...

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People & Products

Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC, Treasury and the TPB have been urged to ensure the harmonisation of the standards applied to advisers....

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Superannuation

Current tax rules around retirement products are increasingly impinging on the flexibility of retirees, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says....

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Financial planning

Super funds have received a deadline extension to 1 July 2015 for compliance with fee and cost disclosure requirements....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released guidance for superannuation funds and their trustees on information disclosure on their websites in a...

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