SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s proposed changes regarding calculating ECPI and increasing the age where the work test for making contributions to supe...

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Superannuation

A positive budget outlook should spur important long-term policy direction, according to the Actuaries Institute....

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Policy & Regulation

The financial services industry has delivered the Budget a muted response in circumstances where the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, had announced most of the Government’s fi...

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Financial planning

Leading financial advisory firm, Dixon Advisory, has backed measures announced as part of tonight’s Federal Budget to give older Australians more financial flexibility. ...

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Superannuation

The Labor Party’s confirmation on Friday that it would abolish franking credit rebates from 1 July 2019 discriminates against self-funded retirees, according to the SMSF ...

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Superannuation

Ahead of tomorrow night’s Federal Budget, a leading financial advisory firm has warned that both economic and political uncertainty could have long-term impacts on retire...

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People & Products

A new Reconciliation Action Plan to better engage with indigenous communities has been launched by Christian Super....

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Superannuation

MLC Super’s MySuper members have been moved to a new default option, as the fund implements major changes to make their MySuper offering better reflect members’ needs at ...

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Superannuation

With consumers showing apathy toward swapping out of MySuper options, it’s worth considering whether their returns actually suffer much harm from staying put in the defau...

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has declared it will be judging superannuation fund performance on more than just investment returns....

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Superannuation

Despite the strong policy emphasis currently on superannuation account consolidation, research by Vanguard has found that very few members rollover their funds into eithe...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government should use the upcoming federal budget to improve protections for super fund members, according to Dixon Advisory....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds fully recovered from the December quarter market downturn, with February’s median balanced option’s return of 2.6 per cent being the highest monthly ...

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Superannuation

The ongoing rally in the share market treated super funds well, with the median growth fund gaining 2.7 per cent in February as the Australian share market jumped six per...

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Superannuation

Many of the top performing superannuation funds’ growth options from the last three years have delivered on returns without compromising much on risk, data from FE Analyt...

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