Australian Superannuation & Retirement Fund News

5 February

Superannuation

Focus on retirement phase needed

The Retirement Income Review should not neglect looking at the retirement phase and needs to encourage governments

4 February

Superannuation

Australian retirees use home equity for retirement funding

Australians should be more incentivised to be able to use their home equity in order to improve their retirement

30 January

Superannuation

AMP announces super fee reductions

AMP Limited has announced investment fee reductions impacting clients across MySuper, choice and cash and term

30 January

Superannuation

Federal Govt wants industrial relations out of super

The superannuation industry is now big enough and old enough to be broken away from the “coddling’ of the

Platinum Asset Management has announced changes to its product fees and plans to launch two new ETMFs in August.

30 January

Superannuation

Hume questions validity of super fund fee increases

Some superannuation funds may have increased their fees simply because they had run down their administration fees

28 January

Superannuation

APRA’s heatmaps got it wrong says industry fund

A major industry fund has told a Senate Committee that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s heatmaps

28 January

Superannuation

Govt warned on choice of super unintended consequences

UniSuper has warned that its members will have to foot the bill unless the Government takes account of the unique

24 January

Superannuation

Australian retirees will need more than half a million dollars

Australian retirees will need to accumulate over a half a million dollars to escape the ‘retirement trap’,

23 January

Superannuation

Balanced super funds unlikely to have strong returns

Balanced super fund returns will take a hit in the coming years as interest rates hit the bottom of the cycle,

QSuper has worked with the ATO to help pay out a member’s tax savings when they retire and transition to an income account.

22 January

Superannuation

Call to free SMSF members from default captivity

Older members of self-managed funds who are transitioning to retirement too often find themselves compelled into

21 January

Superannuation

APRA maintains pressure on super funds

Underperforming superannuation funds were warned of their situation before the Australian Prudential Regulation

21 January

Superannuation

Fair Work panel needed to lift super default standards

The Government needs to appoint members to the Fair Work Commission Expert Panel to ensure that only super funds

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Superannuation

Focus on retirement phase needed

Australian retirees use home equity for retirement funding

AMP announces super fee reductions

Federal Govt wants industrial relations out of super

Hume questions validity of super fund fee increases

APRA’s heatmaps got it wrong says industry fund

Govt warned on choice of super unintended consequences

Australian retirees will need more than half a million dollars

Balanced super funds unlikely to have strong returns

Call to free SMSF members from default captivity

APRA maintains pressure on super funds

Fair Work panel needed to lift super default standards

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