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Superannuation

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...

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Superannuation

AIST disappointed that the superannuation guarantee rise will be delayed a further 12 months....

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Superannuation

Former Keating adviser Don Russell argues that the Treasury is wrong to assume the superannuation guarantee would survive the removal of tax concessions....

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Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

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...

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Superannuation

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....

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Financial planning

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....

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Superannuation

The new super contribution level has pushed employer contributions to record levels and will spur asset managers to seek greater efficiencies....

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Superannuation

The superannuation guarantee needs to be drastically increased to 18 per cent for the system to become adequate, according to a financial services executive....

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Financial planning

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...

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Superannuation

ASFA warns that women will be particularly impacted by pausing the lifting of the superannuation guarantee....

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Superannuation

Retaining LISC regarded as more important than the on-time delivery of the higher SG....

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Policy & Regulation

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...

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Superannuation

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...

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Superannuation

The AIST has signalled annuities as being a quick win for the Abbott Government if it moves to pull down regulatory barriers....

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