superannuation guarantee

Superannuation

The majority of Australians support increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12%, according to the survey....

Superannuation

Aged care needs to be self-funded through super

The aged care sector is already under stress and the super guarantee lift to 12% will help Australians fund their aged care needs, according to AustralianSuper’s Don Russ...

Superannuation

Will the Budget deliver an early access third tranche?

A pause in the superannuation guarantee at its current 9.5% is looking almost certain in next month’s Budget and no one is ruling out a further extension to hardship earl...

Superannuation

Women's retirement outcomes in limbo with SG on chopping block

Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services, and Financial Technology, Jane Hume needs to decide whether she will convince her colleagues to resist the “sel...

Superannuation

Delay better than abandoning the next SG increase

Leading actuarial research house, Rice Warner, has called for delaying the next superannuation guarantee rise rather than abandoning it altogether. ...

Superannuation

ACTU challenges Morrison on super delay

Any further delay in increasing the superannuation guarantee will not translate to higher wages because employers have no intention of paying them, according to the Austr...

Superannuation

One-in-five Tasmanians used early super access scheme

Ditching the superannuation guarantee scheme would be “saddling the next generation with a whopping pension bill”, according to a super body....

Superannuation

Lifting SG key to minimising superannuation erosion – Deloitte

Ending the hardship early release superannuation regime on 30 December and proceeding with a lift in the superannuation guarantee to 12% are central to Government keeping...

Editorial

Time for the super grandstanders to sit down

As the Government seeks to pull the Australian economy out of recession it should silence those on its backbench who are undermining confidence in the superannuation regi...

Superannuation

APRA delivers super funds a tick on investment in tough times

Superannuation funds have received a boost from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for continuing to deliver support to corporate capital raisings at the same...

Superannuation

Super balances can’t be rebuilt if SG remains frozen

Lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12% is a necessary prerequisite to helping people rebuild their account balances in the wake of early release drawdowns, according...

Superannuation

New Cbus 'opt out' regime raises eyebrows

Building workers have been told they will have to specifically opt-out if they don’t want Cbus to give their details to union officials and delegates to help chase unpaid...

Policy & Regulation

Is Frydenberg being equivocal on 12% SG?

The Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has stopped short of restating the Government’s promise to increase the superannuation guarantee, preferring to say that it has no ...

Superannuation

Universal Age Pension will incentivise Aussies to save

Mercer has called for a universal Age Pension as it would create a simpler, more efficient super system with reduced administration costs....

Financial planning

Intrafund advice simply not enough says FPA

The benefits of comprehensive financial advice significantly outweigh those delivered by intra-fund advice and this should be recognised within the Retirement Income Syst...