SUPERANNUATION

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Superannuation industry stalwart and long-serving QSuper chief executive, Rosemary Vilgan, is to depart the fund in October....

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The productivity commission’s suggestion of lifting the super preservation age has met with mixed reactions from peak industry bodies....

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Pensioners are being advised to hold onto their homes or upgrade to more expensive houses to reduce the amount of capital beyond the pension assets test....

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AustralianSuper’s balanced investment option has returned 10.86 per cent over the last year, the third year of double-digit returns....

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ASFA has appointed James Bond as its director of external affairs and investment to help communicate its policy messages on economy and investments to government and the ...

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Only one Australian super fund is eligible to receive UK pension transfers after the UK Government rejected more than 1600 super funds for failing to comply with new pens...

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Following its new code of conduct and direction Corporate Super Specialists Alliance has rebranded as Workplace Super Specialists Australia....

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Super funds are set to finish with a strong nine per cent return for the financial year despite being hit with the biggest monthly loss in June on the back of the Greek d...

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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has made clear that bank executives will be just as exposed as union officials to the Government’s proposed super fund gove...

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The Federal Governments move to ensure superannuation funds have one-third of their directors independent, is critical to the governance, the SMSF Association believes....

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The Government has released exposure draft legislation which would impose at least one third independent directors plus an independent chairman on industry fund boards....

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A recent determination by the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal has revealed the ugly consequence of super funds investing in highly illiquid assets....

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