SUPERANNUATION

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) today called on the Federal Government to link the age at which consumers can access lump sum superannuation to eligibility for t...

INDUSTRY NEWS

The December 2002 quarterly Retirement Income Stream Report released by Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has shown a fall in total retirement income s...

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new industry body has been launched with the hope of raising industry standards amongst financial planners operating in the self managed super fund (SMSF) sector....

INDUSTRY NEWS

Self-managed super funds have just about everybody interested - including the Tax Office. Barbie Chiro reports....

INDUSTRY NEWS

When the Federal Government announced that from July 1, 2001, superannuation assets were to be exempted from the social security income and assets tests from age 55 until...

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Prime Minister, John Howard, has renewed his call for Australians to work longer in order to combat the potential fiscal crisis looming as result of the countries age...

INDUSTRY NEWS

Older Australians are putting aside less private cash savings for retirement and running into more debt in their pre-retirement years, leaving the nation in a tenuous pos...

INDUSTRY NEWS

A number of self managed superannuation funds (SMSF) may be slugged by the Australia Tax Office (ATO) after it issued two Interpretive Decisions which target payment of d...

INDUSTRY NEWS

THE AUSTRALIAN Taxation Office (ATO) has developed a hit list for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) and it will be looking very closely at the general operational ...

INDUSTRY NEWS

One of the most watched issues in financial services has been member investment and funds choice when it comes to superannuation funds....

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY reporting standards fall short in providing fair comparisons in the area of superannuation funds, according to Chant West Financial Services director, Warren Cha...

INDUSTRY NEWS

THE employment and spouse tests applied to superannuation are still excluding a large group of people, according to Praxis Partners’ Keiran Dell....

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