SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Financial planning

There was a fair amount of confusion when the concessional contribution caps were introduced in the 2006 Federal Budget, and now it appears the ATO's own systems are misc...

Superannuation

There were some hidden messages in the Rudd Government’s second Budget, not least of which was a clear signal that lifting the superannuation guarantee is off the agenda ...

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has enforced a wall of confidentiality around the development of the intra-fund advice policy to be applied to super funds, provoking anger among t...

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Superannuation

Government 'chopping and changing' on superannuation....

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has backed the public release of APRA superannuation fund performance league tables....

Financial planning

The wide variation of terms used in the superannuation sphere do little to help consumers engage with their super, and this issue is a glaring omission from Nick Sherry's...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that the abolition of the existing dividend imputation regime might see super funds choosing to invest ove...

Financial planning

Scheme would open opportunities for Australian managed investment schemes to be offered overseas....

Editorial

Notwithstanding that the valuation of unlisted assets held by superannuation funds has been an issue for at least six to nine months, the Australian Prudential Regulation...

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Policy & Regulation

The industry is cranking up its opposition to a plan by some large corporations as well as economists to reform dividend imputation tax, including scrapping franking cred...

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Policy & Regulation

Additional changes would remove impediments to super mergers; application period extended until 2011....

Financial planning

The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, has announced another review of the superannuation system, this time backed by the key industry gr...

Superannuation

MICHAEL HUTTON outlines some options for accessing superannuation....

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Financial planning

The prudential regulator last week sent a letter to super fund trustees outlining its expectations on unlisted asset valuations, while also listing "unacceptable practice...

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Life/Risk

New Rice Warner research suggests that life insurers should start targeting the direct insurance market in pursuit of growth in circumstances where competition remains fi...

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