superannuation funds

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation tax concession costs 'grossly overestimated'

The cost of further superannuation tax concessions is inaccurate and based on outdated data, according to new ASFA research....

Financial planning

Standard Life urges risk-based approach

Investors need to adopt a risk-based approach to portfolio construction amid the current market volatility, according to global fund manager Standard Life Investments....

Financial planning

ASIC's shadow shop 'supports need for reform', says Peter Kell

ASIC commissioner Peter Kell has defended the regulator's decision to reveal the "headline results" of its recent financial planning shadow shop to the Parliamentary Join...

Financial planning

APRA paying legal firms $3.5 million

APRA has confirmed it is paying legal firms in the order of $3.5 million in contractual arrangements around superannuation fund investigations....

Financial planning

Superannuation member statements need less focus on past performance

Short-term reporting and the supposed effect of past performance on the future benefits of a superannuation fund encourage unnecessary knee-jerk reactions from members, a...

Superannuation

Forward forecasts better for superannuation

Provisio is arguing that backward-looking superannuation analyses are selling fund members short....

Financial planning

APRA paying legal firms $3.5 million

APRA has confirmed it is paying legal firms in the order of $3.5 million in contractual arrangements around superannuation fund investigations....

Financial planning

Superannuation member statements need less focus on past performance

Short-term reporting and the supposed effect of past performance on the future benefits of a superannuation fund encourage unnecessary knee-jerk reactions from members, a...

Editorial

Superannuation reform requires more than just words

The Government may be talking the talk with respect to simplifying superannuation, but according to Liz Westover its actions on excess concessional contributions suggest ...

Financial planning

Expanding intra-fund financial advice a 'slippery slope'

Financial planning groups have expressed serious concerns about ASIC's proposal to allow transition-to-retirement (TTR) strategies within intra-fund financial advice....

Financial planning

FPA points to hypocrisy on superannuation funds and fees

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has warned of the hypocrisy of allowing superannuation funds to bundle scaled financial advice costs into an over-arching adminis...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds to shed members under Stronger Super

Superannuation funds are largely unprepared for the onset of the Stronger Super regime, which could see some funds lose over 10 per cent of their members, according to an...

Financial planning

Cost of retirement holds steady

The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....

Superannuation

Cost of retirement holds steady

The cost of a comfortable retirement remains steady according to the latest ASFA data....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA's unintended consequence on superannuation advice

FOFA's approach to financial advice delivered by superannuation funds could result in conflicting decisions on disputes in different jurisdictions....