SUPERANNUATION

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Superannuation is quite often overlooked in year-end tax planning in favour of more income tax related solutions. However, the reality is that superannuation, while compl...

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The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released its second Policy Options for Retirement Incomes and Long Term Savings report, which contains recomm...

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The second Citibank Retirement Index report reveals that 19 per cent of Australia’s semi and fully retired population aged over 55 have failed to save for their retiremen...

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The Federal Opposition is calling for tougher regulation and clearer disclosure of SMSFs following the release of ATO figures on asset values and fees charged in SMSF acc...

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AXA has launched an alternative balanced fund for investors approaching retirement looking to draw down on their investments, which will be available to advisers through ...

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AXA has revealed the features of its self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) service as financial advisers begin to take over from accountants in setting up SMSFs....

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In-house planners with the Commonwealth Bank will be expected to improve their SMSF skills, with Australia’s third largest dealer group signalling its intention to overha...

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Financial advisers have embraced the growth in self-managed superannuation funds with recent research showing just under half of them, 46 per cent, see it as a significan...

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The desire to spend now, repay later, has never been stronger in the Australian psyche. Credit card balances have never been higher and other forms of credit are at equal...

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Fewer working Australians than last year believe their savings will be sufficient to fund their retirement, according to a new survey....

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It was a good year for industry superannuation funds with strong inflows, which can be partly attributed to a controversial advertising campaign....

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The new choice of superannuation fund regime has failed to accelerate the growth of self-managed superannuation funds....

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