SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

A panel of superannuation fund executives and experts has questioned whether AustralianSuper’s offer of frequent flyer points to attract new members should be viewed as p...

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Superannuation

A major industry body has given the Federal Government’s proposal to increase the maximum number of members in self-managed superannuation funds from four to six....

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Superannuation

The rules and definitions imposed by superannuation funds is core to the barriers to access to super faced by indigenous people....

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Superannuation

While making full use of member engagement data will involve the use of artificial intelligence, super funds need to remember that positive member advice offerings will s...

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Superannuation

Superannuation in decumulation shouldn’t be about saving but rather about spending and key to this is putting money into healthcare and aged care, and consumers need help...

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Superannuation

AustralianSuper’s chief executive, Ian Silk, has suggested that the Banking Royal Commission didn’t cast a stern enough eye over parts of the superannuation industry, in ...

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Superannuation

Accessing superannuation and understanding the conditions for release was forefront of many advisers’ mind last month, proving a hot topic for superannuation advice....

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Superannuation

Legislation to consolidate low-balance superannuation accounts needs to go further if it is to prevent a cycle of unintended accounts still being created and then consoli...

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Superannuation

Consistency has seen mid-sized funds come out on top in the first round of the newly launched Superannuation Fund Crown Ratings, a quantitative rating system launched by ...

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Superannuation

Three major superannuation advocacy groups united last Friday, being International Women’s Day, to call on policy makers to help close the gender gap in retirement saving...

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Superannuation

For all the fuss about scale in the super industry, new data has shown that members in some of the top funds’ MySuper options saw limited differences in returns regardles...

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Financial planning

The Superannuation Complaints Tribunal has held that a superannuation fund member has remained responsible for the lapse in his insurance cover even when the forms were f...

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Superannuation

The growth of the Australian private capital investment industry is expected to continue to accelerate, driven by significant institutional support from the nation’s $2.8...

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Financial planning

Putting equity from the family home could help retirees fund expenses, improve their income, and provide support to their families, a new retirement funding provider has ...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has been told that recent changes to superannuation have effectively eroded the incentives for people to use superannuation as a savings vehicle....

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