SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

Showing superannuation fund members their projected retirement wealth encourages higher rates of salary sacrifice and engagement, according to a report....

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Superannuation

After 10 consecutive positive financial year returns, super funds saw a mixed start to 2019/20 due to the market’s response to the US/China trade war....

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Superannuation

Super Consumers Australia is launching a ‘people’s advocate’ in the super sector to improve the system for low to middle income people....

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Superannuation

NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg has signalled the prospect of a crack-down on superannuation activists who seek to use member funds to exact influence on listed compani...

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has released its proposed whistleblower guidance to be implemented by 1 January 2020....

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Financial planning

Will changes to default superannuation arrangements combine with changes to income streams serve to squeeze many advisers out of the superannuation market?...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned former Melbourne financial adviser Robert Michael for dishonestly borrowing money from his clients’ self-m...

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Financial planning

Some financial planners believe industry funds are utilising scaled advice services to gain an advantage....

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Tools & guides

IOOF’s Claudine Siou explains how your super would be affected in the event of bankruptcy. ...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council (FSC) says there is a need to fix superannuation defaults to adjust to a high amount of multiple job holders and the creation of ‘zombie’ s...

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Superannuation

Making extra withdrawals from superannuation every year could still cause problems for members, according to Bob Locke from SMSF specialist Practical Systems Super, despi...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has fired a shot over the bows of superannuation funds tempted to provide inducements to employers to nominate them a...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has used specific polling to claim the Government will lose electoral support if it pursues measures which undermine the superannuation guarantee...

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Policy & Regulation

Former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, has weighed into the debate around the future of the superannuation guarantee, accusing the Government of double-speak....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has thrown its support behind the Australian Securities and Investments Commission decision to disqualify or add conditions to 17 auditors of self-ma...

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