SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The Association of Financial Advisers warns that even though its life/risk adviser members will be advantaged by new legislation making insurance within superannuation “o...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has been warned that its Budget changes capping fees for low balance superannuation accounts could be opening the way for unscrupulous ‘gaming’ of ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that removing the compulsion from insurance inside superannuation for those aged under 25 will have serious i...

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Superannuation

The Government has claimed it is reducing the compliance burden for self-managed superannuation funds, opening consultation for a paper on its proposed changes to SMSF au...

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s decisions to extend consultation on the proposed three-yearly audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has announced the commencement this week of a “catch-up” carry forward measure for superannuation concessional contribution caps....

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Superannuation

Royal Commission letters to major superannuation funds have revealed the degree to which fund executives are facing tough questions on their travel and marketing expendit...

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Superannuation

More self-managed super fund trustees and operators are expected to invest in international stock markets, according to Monex Securities Australia....

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Financial planning

A letter from the Royal Commission to some superannuation funds suggests that the commercial and remuneration relationships between banks, corporate super funds and finan...

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Tools & guides

Claudine Siou writes that from a superannuation perspective marriage and de facto relationships are not the same, warning that just living together does not afford as muc...

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Superannuation

While the average superannuation balances of intending female retirees over the last decade have increased, they still lag well behind that of males, data from Roy Morgan...

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Superannuation

A key Parliamentary Committee report has specifically cited the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority as suggesting not too much should be made of the perceived outp...

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Superannuation

AIA has welcomed KPMG’s Insurance in Superannuation report, saying that the Government’s proposed changes would result in Australians being financially worse off....

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Life/Risk

The change to default group insurance put forward by the Federal Budget could result in a 50 per cent reduction in overall insurance cover inside super, KPMG has warned....

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Superannuation

While strongly supportive of the Government’s proposals overall, robo-adviser SuperEd has expressed some strong reservations about Treasury’s Retirement Income Covenant....

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