The continued high operational costs of the defined contribution superannuation system in Australia will drive people to consider pulling out of the system altogether, ac...
AIST disappointed that the superannuation guarantee rise will be delayed a further 12 months....
Former Keating adviser Don Russell argues that the Treasury is wrong to assume the superannuation guarantee would survive the removal of tax concessions....
Govts of both persuasions told to stop legislating by press release in circumstances where considerable costs and inconvenience are being imposed on employers, advisers a...
No-one likes a surprise when wrestling with tax and superannuation, and financial planners heading towards the end of financial year seem primed on what is about to chang...
The FSC’s pre-Budget submission argues for the retention of LISC but with a pause on payments aligned to the pause in the higher SG....
There is a widening gap between the ideal retirement age and the real retirement age for many Australians, as they find they do not have enough money for retirement....
The new super contribution level has pushed employer contributions to record levels and will spur asset managers to seek greater efficiencies....
The superannuation guarantee needs to be drastically increased to 18 per cent for the system to become adequate, according to a financial services executive....
In order to ensure their clients are able to fund their own retirement, planners have the responsibility to actively encourage a healthy lifestyle, according to a financi...
ASFA warns that women will be particularly impacted by pausing the lifting of the superannuation guarantee....
Retaining LISC regarded as more important than the on-time delivery of the higher SG....
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has condemned the new Government’s plan to axe the Low Income Super Contribution (LISC) as part of its repeal of the Mineral Resources Rent...
The Federal Government has released draft legislation for the repeal of MRRT, confirming its commitment to increasing the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent b...
The AIST has signalled annuities as being a quick win for the Abbott Government if it moves to pull down regulatory barriers....
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....