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...
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...
Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have quadrupled their investment in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last five years, according to Class....
The financial industry may have underestimated the dramatic fall off in retiree spending, according to Milliman’s analysis....
Victims of Financial Fraud has alleged that the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority cannot fully protect the public’s superannuation savings, building on previous ...
The SMSF Association’s auditor members are concerned about the details of the proposed Budget changes and the effects on their audit businesses....
CareSuper has entered a partnership with Mercer to provide administrative services to the fund, ending a long-term relationship with previous administration partner, Link...
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....
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...
The Financial Planning Association and other industry groups have warned that many people will need advice to navigate the Government’s Budget changes....
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...
Nathan Walker writes that while the need to consolidate superannuation is well-publicised, advisers need to pay more attention to consolidating clients’ insurance schemes...
Several organisations have banded together to form the Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System, taking specific aim at Labor’s proposed dividend policy....
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...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has rejected the Grattan Institute’s proposal to dump superannuation guarantee increases, labelling it a “contrived a...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...