Seventy per cent of Australians over 50 worry about the potential for another global financial crisis, according to the latest National Seniors Australia survey....

The Parliament has received another warning of the major unintended consequences flowing from the Government’s legislative changes impacting insurance within superannuati...

Superannuation fund records are not always accurate enough to determine when a member is really inactive, meaning some people could be significantly disadvantaged by move...

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has said that Australia has one of the best retirement savings systems in the world, hitting out at “misleading analy...

New data presented to a Senate Committee has revealed that around $560 million in life and disability claims were paid to super fund members with less than $6,000 in thei...

The SMSF Association has confirmed just how common it is for self-managed superannuation fund trustees to maintain low balances in Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

The Association of Financial Advisers warns that even though its life/risk adviser members will be advantaged by new legislation making insurance within superannuation “o...

The Federal Government has been warned that its Budget changes capping fees for low balance superannuation accounts could be opening the way for unscrupulous ‘gaming’ of ...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that removing the compulsion from insurance inside superannuation for those aged under 25 will have serious i...

The Government has claimed it is reducing the compliance burden for self-managed superannuation funds, opening consultation for a paper on its proposed changes to SMSF au...

The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s decisions to extend consultation on the proposed three-yearly audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds....