SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The emergence of the gig economy and other policy factors have resulted in Australia dropping to fourth place on the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index as northern Eur...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia is urging the Government to legislate to compel employers to pay the superannuation guarantee at the same time they pay wages to overcome continu...

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Features

Valid death benefit nominations offer security to clients, but advisers need to understand exactly how benefits will be paid out by super funds and ensure they fit with c...

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Financial planning

Younger Australians are showing surprising levels of concern about retirement, with Roy Morgan finding that Generation Z is the most likely to ask friends and family for ...

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Superannuation

Despite returning 2.1 per cent for the September quarter, the first half of October has seen a change of fortunes for super funds....

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People & Products

SuperConcepts has confirmed a new chief technology officer following SuperMate founder, Kurt Groeneveld’s announcement that he will not renew his three-year contract. ...

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Superannuation

AMP Limited has lost a key corporate superannuation mandate – Anglican National Super Plan – to Mercer....

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Superannuation

The superannuation gap between women and men has shrunk “considerably” over the last decade, going from a gap of 9.1 percentage points in 2008 to 4.3 percentage points no...

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People & Products

The AMP Superannuation Limited board and N.M Superannuation Proprietary Limited board have appointed two independent non-executive directors. ...

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Policy & Regulation

A major industry superannuation fund has called for defined benefit funds to be excluded from the Government’s proposed new product intervention powers for the Australian...

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Superannuation

Cbus has today announced its first direct offshore infrastructure investment, joining global pension fund partners in investing a stake in the United Kingdom ports group,...

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Superannuation

New research from State Street confirms that good advice and policy certainty are keys to retirement happiness....

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Superannuation

Major superannuation funds have expressed concern at having to retain at least 0.25 per cent of their funds under management to meet operational risk financial requiremen...

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Life/Risk

MetLife has secured the insurance mandate of Tasplan, following a tender process which will see the insurer deliver group life offerings to the fund’s 145,000 members....

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Features

William Truong breaks down which superannuation reforms advisers need to factor in for clients considering making personal super contributions....

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