A new interpretive decision issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has impacted the way stepchildren are treated with respect to divorce and superannuation....
If conventional funds can offer greater choice and flexibility they may yet provide competition for SMSFs....
When the chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Pauline Vamos, last week issued a release clearly aimed at countering adverse rep...
While the proposed Future of Financial Advice changes and their potential impact on financial advisers remain the hot topic, there is another acronym - TOFA - which deser...
The Industry Funds Forum (IFF) and Cuscal have moved to expand their IFF eRollover Hub to include Russell Investments as the first non-industry superannuation fund to joi...
APRA has written to superannuation fund trustees warning them they must take responsibility for any marketing or fund promotion carried on by third parties....
The amount needed for retirees to fund their post-work lifestyle continues to increase, albeit slowly, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia R...
The Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has sought to dispel some of the common myths about do-it-yourself super funds....
Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby recently called for increased transparency in the handling of superannuation funds by APRA amid widespread concerns in the financia...
It is important not to take legislation such as the recent round of superannuation reforms to parliament without first forming an industry consensus, according to Ministe...
Anna Mirzoyan takes a look at the ways in which market volatility may affect superannuation rollovers....
Superannuation funds will need to invest in a significant amount of infrastructure before they are ready to launch a financial advice service to their members, according ...
Any failure by industry super funds to out-perform retail superannuation funds over the long haul may act as a catalyst for future litigation. Mike Taylor reports....
Key industry figures have warned the Government's linking of the superannuation guarantee to a tax represents a possibly fatal flaw....
The vast majority of industry superannuation fund members who receive external financial advice move their money into a retail fund or an SMSF, according to Deloitte part...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....