SUPERANNUATION GUARANTEE

Superannuation

The Government has promised further discussions with the industry around the recommendations of the Cooper Review but is focusing primarily on MySuper and SuperStream....

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Superannuation

Cooper Review gets mixed response from the industry, with most lamenting its failure to address superannuation savings adequacy....

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Financial planning

Two major superannuation bodies have called for the Government to maintain its commitment to gradually raise the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent....

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Tools & guides

Graeme Colley examines the superannuation guarantee changes made in the Budget and what they mean for clients....

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Financial planning

Three out of four Australian workers support a rise to 12 per cent in the superannuation guarantee, according to an AIST survey....

Financial planning

Nine out of 10 working Australians support the Government's proposal to increase the superannuation guarantee (SG) to 12 per cent, according to a national poll from ASFA....

Editorial

The Henry Review, the Government's overview of Australia's tax system, has failed to suggest action on the life insurance/risk needs of consumers....

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has defended the costs and outcomes of its Budget super changes....

Financial planning

The Federal Opposition's decision to contest the lift of the superannuation guarantee has sparked condemnation from Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) c...

Financial planning

The Federal Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, has criticised the Federal Opposition’s stand on an increase in the super guar...

Financial planning

The Government's decision to lift the superannuation guarantee is emerging as an election issue as it defines its point of difference with Tony Abbott....

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Editorial

By holding the Henry Review into Taxation and then rejecting most of its findings, the Government has broken the golden rule of politics, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

Govt draws line in the sand in face of Opposition threats to block the resource rent tax and associated super changes....

Financial planning

Mercer warns that the proposed restrictions on concessional super contributions will encourage 'gaming' to get around the new rules....

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Financial planning

While the Federal Government's response to the Henry Review of Taxation has drawn a mixed reaction from the financial services industry, one thing stakeholders mostly agr...

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