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Declining home ownership rates highlight the importance of Australians taking action to boost their retirement savings sooner, according to REST Industry Super....

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Editorial

When you discover, more than two years after the event, that you’ve stuffed up a policy initiative, such as Stronger Super, you really owe it to the electorate to f...

Financial planning

Survey reveals strong push for Govt to restore concessional contribution caps to pre-2009 level....

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Financial planning

ASFA has dumped soft compulsion and is arguing that lifting the super guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent outstrips the Henry Tax Review benefits....

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Editorial

Perceptions exist that the industry super funds have succeeded in having the Government stack the cards against financial planners. Mike Taylor writes it is up to the Ass...

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Financial planning

The superannuation industry wants an increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent, with or without the implementation of a Mineral Resource Rent Tax, according...

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Financial planning

An increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent is inexorably tied to the Mineral Resource Rent Tax, according to Bill Shorten....

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Financial planning

The Government has accepted recommendations related to the implementation of the Minerals Resources Rent Tax, paving the way for an increase in the superannuation guarant...

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Financial planning

A proposed increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent by 2019 is slower than Australians would like....

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Financial planning

While lifting the superannuation guarantee is critical to improving the retirement of all Australians, it is particularly important for women, according to an open letter...

Financial planning

Abolishing the age limit on the superannuation guarantee will promote consistency and fairness across the board, and give mature-age workers more choice about the age at ...

Superannuation

Shorten tells SPAA conference the Government is committed to lifting concessional caps but rules out getting rid of them....

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Financial planning

The Federal Opposition has declared it will be opposing a compulsory lifting of the superannuation guarantee....

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Financial planning

Towers Watson’s latest global pension study reveals Australia as the standout for growth....

Superannuation

A budget submission from the AIST focuses on changes that will ensure all types of income include a superannuation component....

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