A concept of adequacy in the super objective will encourage people to save during their working life to fund a self-sufficient retirement, the SMSF Association believes. ...
Ignoring risk by taking a long-term perspective may fail super funds when it comes to proper assessment of their members’ decisions, according to Milliman. ...
Industry super fund returns dominated over retail funds as allocations to property and infrastructure proved successful, according to SuperRatings....
The lack of SMSF trustee education required is similar to requiring an unlicensed car driver to take a driving course only if they are involved in an accident, an industr...
Industry Super Australia has produced modelling suggesting that within 10 years 50 per cent of new retirees will be adversely affected by the Turnbull Government’s pensio...
SMSFs were more likely to trade during periods of market volatility than non-SMSFs but were taking a more conservative stance, according to CommSec....
Superannuation needs a stable system free from political tinkering, according to ASFA....
Sony Life’s 14.9 per cent stake in ClearView has translated into a coopertion agreement around product development, distribution and marketing....
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has accused the Grattan Institute of being out of touch on super and retirement incomes adequacy....
A law firm has warned on the restrictive definitions of what qualifies as a fixed trust for tax purposes, adding it must not be assumed a unit trust was necessarily a fix...
The Grattan Institute has further distanced itself from the views of the superannuation industry claiming the Age Pension and rent assistance are better tools than super....
The 2016 Budget amendment allowing market linked pensions to be partly commuted will be useful to those otherwise locked into excess transfer balance positions....
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...