SUPERANNUATION

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Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has reconfirmed that there is still a “significant disparity” between retirement incomes for men and wo...

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As the world approaches the 10-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, ASFA finds that the diversified nature if super funds have stood members in good stead....

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Industry super funds are working together to make consolidating multiple accounts easier for members, announcing a new initiative that should save eligible members an ave...

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The Productivity Commission has been told that alignment with members’ interests should trump investment expertise when appointing people to superannuation fund boards....

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The SMSF Association has joined the choir welcoming the Government’s backdown on raising the Age Pension to 70, saying that reliance on the Pension is decreasing as super...

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Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision not to proceed with increasing the Age Pension access age to 70 as “a big win for older Austral...

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Despite 44 per cent of Australian workers not fully understanding or feeling on top of their super, a belief that financial advice is expensive is stopping many from seek...

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Market conditions are attractive for SMEs to acquire their own premises via their SMSFs, according to specialist commercial property lender, the Thinktank Group....

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Super funds chasing alpha in their multi-manager equity portfolios need to tread cautiously to manage the impact of real-world implementation costs, according to new rese...

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Amid continued debate over the Government’s triennial auditing proposal for SMSFs, the SMSF Association has warned that the change would not produce significant cost savi...

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AustralianSuper has defended its financial backing of Industry Super Australia’s ‘fox in the henhouse” advertising campaign arguing that superannuation funds have a right...

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Australian super funds are staying competitive with world-class investment returns, with the average super fund outperforming the Future Fund after adjustments over the l...

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