The first preliminary report of the Cooper Review has pointed to a new architecture for the superannuation industry based on members rather than products, with trustees a...

AIST calls for subsidisation of pre-retirement financial advice and tax deductibility for other advice....

ASFA and AIST backs report to remove the $450 monthly minimum threshold for superannuation guarantee payments, which they say mainly affects the super balances of women....

Big industry fund, Unisuper, wants trustees granted safe harbour from prosecution based on member investment decisions....

Australia's two major superannuation industry organisations support concept of a single legislative base for superannuation....

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has called on the Cooper Review to embrace the not-for-profit template for default funds while pushing SMSFs into APRA...

With new research revealing that Australian superannuation fund members remained rusted on to their funds despite the GFC, there are calls for more focus on the quality o...

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is writing up guidelines that would require all its trustees to do a minimum of 30 hours continuous professiona...

'Simple advice' may actually erode super balances if members don't understand the limitations of the information they're receiving, according to research by Guardian Fina...

A round-table of industry chief executives has backed calls for ASIC's intra-fund advice relief to be extended to financial planners....

Financial planners should be able to access the same class relief as superannuation trustees when providing limited, infra-fund advice, according to the chief executive o...

Guardian Financial Planning head Steve Browning claims intra-fund advice should be termed 'informed guidance' rather than 'advice'....

ASFA has issued a paper to provide superannuation trustees with guidance on valuation and liquidity issues associated with unlisted investments....

Fears the Government would increase the super access age to 67 has caused a decline in voluntary contributions, according to Aviva, while the chief executive of ASFA has ...