SUPERANNUATION

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The changes will take effect on 1 July and advisers need to include them in clients’ end-of-year planning, according to the SMSF Association....

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Since the start of the scheme in April, 94% of payments were made within five business days, according to data....

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Too many superannuation fund trustees have been looking for excuses not to merge rather than getting on with the process in the best interests of their members, according...

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New Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data has revealed the lowest rate of return for superannuation since data began being collected 15 years’ ago. ...

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Smaller superannuation funds should be considering mergers or heading for the exit, according to a new report which suggests Australia’s optimal number of funds is 15, do...

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Most super members believe their fund automatically de-risked to protect their investments from losses during a downturn and did not know asset allocation was an importan...

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The Government has deferred the introduction of a Retirement Income Covenant raising concerns that it is building towards far-reaching changes to the superannuation via i...

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Superannuation funds can play a major role in Australia’s economic recovery post pandemic but current unstable policy settings would constrain the ability to invest in im...

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Almost all of BT’s Advance Retirement Suite early access to super payments have taken between six to nine days, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (A...

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Industry Fund Services is receiving between $400,000 and $500,000 a year to provide a financial advice service to industry funds....

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The Retire with Confidence tool will help retirees and pre-retirees better understand how long their retirement income might last and what options they have available....

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Faced by strong ongoing criticism from some Government back-benchers, Industry Super Australia has hit back pointing out the degree to which industry superannuation funds...

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