SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

New ASFA analysis points to the continuing challenge of market volatility and the need for better academic research....

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Editorial

While the industry has given a broad welcome to the limited licensing regime, accountants will need to be subjected to the same scrutiny as financial planners, writes Mik...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has reinforced its calls for an extension to the timetable for the implementation of MySuper....

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Financial planning

Documentation key to handling death benefit disputes within SMSFs, according to superannuation documentation provider Topdocs....

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Financial planning

Rountable questions why the Government takes so long on financial services legislation but acts with speed in imposing substantially higher levies....

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Funds management

Russell Investments is set to launch a new survey which would measure and rank fund managers on their after-tax returns....

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People & Products

Superannuation insurance provider Beazley has appointed a new head of finance for Asia-Pacific and an Australian claims manager....

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission's core recommendations on default funds will open up the sector to more players and reduce the primacy of industry super funds....

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Financial planning

The 'serious money' being funnelled into Australian agribusiness is coming from overseas, according to Australian Agribusiness Group managing director Marcus Elgin....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has hit back at calls for self-managed super funds to pay more towards the SuperStream levy....

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Superannuation

The deepening use of social media for member communication is pushing superannuation funds closer to transgressing the legal frameworks set in place to govern general and...

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Superannuation

ASFA argues that the ATO and not superannuation funds should be the conduit for the changed tax arrangements impacting higher income earners....

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Superannuation

Assets constituting trading stock were once the exception to the rule, as they did not have to be treated according to the CGT provisions. DBA Lawyers' Bryce Figot and Na...

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Funds management

Wingate chief investment officer Chad Padowitz says traditional strategies do not manage sequencing risk which is better mitigated with a diversified equities portfolio....

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Financial planning

J.P. Morgan targets superannuation funds and managers with automated fund routing and settlement service....

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