SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

A pause in the superannuation guarantee at its current 9.5% is looking almost certain in next month’s Budget and no one is ruling out a further extension to hardship earl...

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Financial planning

NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg, has stated his belief the financial services industry had too much influence over Liberal Party policy and that the Coalition was wrong...

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Superannuation

With five significant superannuation fund mergers already on foot and eight others known to be in the early stages, the Australian superannuation industry faces further c...

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Editorial

As more advisers leave the industry and the cost of financial advice delivery rises, superannuation funds are destined to play a greater role. These circumstances make it...

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Expert Analysis

The Financial Services Council’s Jane Macnamara argues that the use of superannuation is not the answer to Australia’s housing affordability problem....

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Superannuation

While recovery momentum helped bolster account balances in August, the second half of 2020 will be dependent on COVID-19 infection rates and the gradual easing of restric...

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Superannuation

New data has revealed how thousands of superannuation fund members and a few super fund trustees crystallised their losses in a 30-day period of turmoil generated by the ...

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Superannuation

Strong listed share market returns were the main drivers of growth fund performance during August with Australian shares returning 3% and international shares returning 5...

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Superannuation

In the past three months, Cbus, HESTA and UniSuper have publicly stated their intention to move to net zero emissions by 2050, according to a new report. ...

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Superannuation

At least two companies were warned by the regulator to stop charging fees ranging from $199 to $299 for facilitating superannuation early release when the process is mean...

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Financial planning

Hostplus openly offered members comprehensive advice around the Government’s hardship early release scheme but most only wanted general advice about how it worked and how...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has declared its opposition to people using their superannuation for a first home deposit declaring the argument does not stack up and woul...

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has revealed that it has almost seven times more former retail superannuation fund staffers than those who have worked in i...

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Superannuation

Australian superannuation funds have been shown to have significantly outperformed their international peers in 2019 – something which has likely changed in 2020....

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Superannuation

Government attacks on industry superannuation funds risk jeopardising their ability to invest in Australia’s economic recovery, according to Industry Super Australia....

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