The calling of the October 9 Federal election has thrown the Government’s changes to self-managed superannuation into limbo as Parliament will not sit again before an Aus...
The Federal Government has pronounced that its co-contribution superannuation scheme could deliver 10 to 30 times the benefit to low income earners over the Opposition’s ...
Australians are becoming more realistic as to the level of savings required to fund a reasonable quality of life in retirement, with one in three recent retirees not havi...
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is encouraging trustees to apply early for licences under the Superannuation Safety Amendment Act 2004 by assuring them it ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has shut down another illegal early super release scheme with the scheme’s operators surrendering their passports pen...
The SwimEC (Super, Wealth and Investment Management Electronic Commerce) industry initiative mounted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the I...
Nick Bruining takes a serious look at the impact of choice of fund legislation on the asset management and self-managed super arena....
Superannuation contribution splitting legislation is set to be pushed through parliament next month, despite opposition from sectors of the financial services industry an...
Small superannuation funds experienced the highest growth during the March 2004 quarter, contributing to an overall sector increase of 3.6 per cent and taking total super...
Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry has declared the Labor Party’s commitment to abolish exit fees on superannuation ahead of the up-co...
The alternative investments sector has matured over the past few years to reach a point at which its various styles of investing, particularly hedge funds, are now viewed...
After seven years of political hand-balling, choice of fund legislation was passed by the Senate last night to become Australian law with the Federal Government set to sp...
The ideological differences between the Investments and Financial Service Association and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia, which led to the Federal Gove...
The Federal Government has unveiled the design features of its new market-linked pensions with the Assistant Treasurer, Helen Coonan claiming they will fill a key missing...
The Federal Government has given in to long term pressure by lobby groups and the Democrats to offer the same superannuation benefits to same-sex couples in the area of t...
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....