SUPERANNUATION

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This week, Ramani (SG) Venkatramani, the general manager of APRA’s diversified institutions division, will fly to a conference of worldwide pensions industry representati...

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The Coalition government has earned only a tentative endorsement from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) following the release of its much anticipated superannuatio...

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The Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, has ruled a future Coalition government out of raising the level of compulsory employer superannuation contributions despite mounti...

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The Financial Services sector would notice little immediate difference if the Australian Labor Party took office after November 10. Why? Because the ALP believes that the...

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The Australian Labor Party (ALP) will set up an inquiry into superannuation within 100 days of taking office, Labor party deputy leader Simon Crean announced as part of t...

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One of the most difficult parts of the job that financial planners do is helping their clients to plan for the consequences of their death. It is safe to assume that most...

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AM Corporation has won the tender to manage the Optus employee superannuation fund beating out seven other contenders to manage the 9000 member fund....

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Life insurance inflows grew by five per cent in the 12 months to the end of June, buoyed by a thriving individual superannuation investment market according to the latest...

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Telstra Super is poised to become Australia’s first corporate superannuation funds to open its own in-house financial planning arm....

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A leading United States superannuation expert says the New Zealand Government’s plans to prefund New Zealand Superannuation are commendable, however he says there are two...

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We’ve been called the lucky country. For a while we aspired to be the smart country. Are we now at risk of becoming the country that never retires?...

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ING Financial Planning (INGFP) has expanded its capabilities in financial planning with the addition of superannuation administration and consulting group, Super Concepts...

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