SUPERANNUATION

Features

With an ageing population, increasing longevity and policy reform making superannuation a less suitable tool for leaving wealth, Hannah Wootton looks at what structures p...

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Tools & guides

Mindy Ding looks at how to navigate the maze of regulation that covers leaving superannuation to beneficiaries as part of an estate and explores relevant issues regarding...

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SMSF

Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have quadrupled their investment in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last five years, according to Class....

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Superannuation

The financial industry may have underestimated the dramatic fall off in retiree spending, according to Milliman’s analysis....

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Superannuation

Victims of Financial Fraud has alleged that the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority cannot fully protect the public’s superannuation savings, building on previous ...

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association’s auditor members are concerned about the details of the proposed Budget changes and the effects on their audit businesses....

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Superannuation

CareSuper has entered a partnership with Mercer to provide administrative services to the fund, ending a long-term relationship with previous administration partner, Link...

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Life/Risk

Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn has accused the major life insurers of having ulterior motives for wanting to rehabilitate workers and get them back to work sooner....

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Superannuation

The Government has received a negative financial services industry response to its move to make insurance inside superannuation “opt-in” for those aged under 25 and those...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and other industry groups have warned that many people will need advice to navigate the Government’s Budget changes....

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Policy & Regulation

The Government has set itself to make women’s retirement incomes security an election issue by flagging the release of a women’s “economic security statement” in Septembe...

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Expert Analysis

Nathan Walker writes that while the need to consolidate superannuation is well-publicised, advisers need to pay more attention to consolidating clients’ insurance schemes...

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Superannuation

Several organisations have banded together to form the Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System, taking specific aim at Labor’s proposed dividend policy....

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Superannuation

UniSuper has opened its first on-campus university shopfront, following the trend of super funds to open customer-orientated stores to try to better connect with and prov...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has rejected the Grattan Institute’s proposal to dump superannuation guarantee increases, labelling it a “contrived a...

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