SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

A new interpretive decision issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has impacted the way stepchildren are treated with respect to divorce and superannuation....

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Superannuation

If conventional funds can offer greater choice and flexibility they may yet provide competition for SMSFs....

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Editorial

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...

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Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

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...

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Superannuation

APRA has written to superannuation fund trustees warning them they must take responsibility for any marketing or fund promotion carried on by third parties....

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Superannuation

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...

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Financial planning

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....

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Superannuation

Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby recently called for increased transparency in the handling of superannuation funds by APRA amid widespread concerns in the financia...

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Financial planning

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...

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Superannuation

Anna Mirzoyan takes a look at the ways in which market volatility may affect superannuation rollovers....

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Superannuation

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 ...

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Editorial

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....

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Superannuation

Key industry figures have warned the Government's linking of the superannuation guarantee to a tax represents a possibly fatal flaw....

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Superannuation

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...

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