SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

ASFA urges the Government to extend the ATO's ability to use administrative penalties with respect to SMSFs....

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Superannuation

Government urged to delay implementation date for SuperStream in face of technical hurdles....

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Editorial

Financial planners are required to be members of an approved external disputes resolution service but they may not always know whether they are getting value for money....

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Financial planning

ASIC has monitored more than 3,300 providers of financial advice over the past year, dedicating 29 staffers to the surveillance....

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Superannuation

Government's Super Roundtable told lifting superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent will significantly reduce retirement incomes shortfall....

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Superannuation

Financial Services Council tells Productivity Commission the Government's preferred approach on default superannuation funds is based on incorrect information....

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Superannuation

It is actually retail superannuation funds rather than industry funds that need to improve their disclosure standards, according to the Industry Super Network. ...

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Financial planning

If technology providers can come to the table, the provision of scaled advice may soon take the form of a 'co-browsing' function designed to better engage clients in the ...

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Financial planning

Australia's biggest pension funds grew faster than the top global funds over the past five years, largely due to merger activity and strong contributions....

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Superannuation

Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....

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Superannuation

The Government has been taken to task over failure to deliver on details necessary to appropriately design MySuper products....

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Superannuation

ASFA has called for the implementation of the SRM despite concerns about the measure from some industry players....

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Life/Risk

MetLife foreshadows Australian growth based on its global employee benefits expertise....

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Superannuation

Large companies are likely to soak up books of SMSF clients by providing outsourced administration services, according to Bravura Solutions' Garradin manager Darren Speir...

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Superannuation

Coalition claims new superannuation governance arrangements unduly favour large industry funds....

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