SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer Mal Brough has flagged his intention to improve fee disclosure requirements by superannuation funds and simplify how retirement savings are taxed....

Financial planning

Despite the introduction of choice legislation and the abolishment of the hugely unpopular superannuation surcharge, the Australian superannuation industry is still far f...

Financial planning

Fewer people are willing to change superannuation funds now than before the introduction of choice, but almost one in four of those who do switch appear headed for an ind...

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Policy & Regulation

Many Australians could have their retirement savings boosted by 13 per cent after the Federal Government abolished the superannuation surcharge when it took control of th...

Life/Risk

Only four per cent of Australian parents have enough life insurance cover to sustain their family’s lifestyle if either parent were to die, with 60 per cent - or 5.4 mill...

Financial planning

The credibility of the financial planning industry will once again be put under the microscope following the release of a report which claims advisers are overwhelmingly ...

Financial planning

Investors have been warned to look more closely at underlying asset allocations as well as performance rankings when comparing superannuation funds....

Financial planning

The abolition of the superannuation surcharge for higher income earners is likely to lead to the demise of personal contributions to superannuation funds in favour of sal...

Financial planning

More than a million consumers will be better off and an indelible administration load has been lifted from the superannuation industry after Treasurer Peter Costello’s su...

Financial planning

One in five people in an employer-sponsored superannuation fund will change fund post-July 1 according to new research, but most won’t switch immediately and still haven’...

Financial planning

Self-managed superannuation funds are booming and, with employee choice just around the corner, things are starting to heat up in this sector....

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