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Superannuation
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has cautioned against lifting the Age Pension age to tackle the costs of Australia's ageing population. ...
Superannuation
SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery has shut down the notion that SMSF trustees should have a competency test, deeming it elitist....
Superannuation
The two major industry super fund lobby groups have issued warnings on the costs of establishing an SMSF....
Superannuation
Industry Super Australia has pointed to new research to highlight fee disparity between SMSFs and industry super funds....
Superannuation
Cooper defends work of super charter group despite it being “binned” by the new Government....
Superannuation
Two bodies representing industry super funds have called for improvement in the quality of advice provided to clients, questioning some of the drivers behind the growth o...
Superannuation
Retaining LISC regarded as more important than the on-time delivery of the higher SG....
Superannuation
Industry fund chairman expresses concern that improper advice is driving member departures to SMSFs. ...
Financial planning
ISA and AIST call for simpler process around lifting advice qualification standards....
Superannuation
The AIST has signalled annuities as being a quick win for the Abbott Government if it moves to pull down regulatory barriers....
Superannuation
ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos says there are too many organisations representing super and it’s time to blow it up and start from scratch....
Editorial
There were some raised eyebrows when Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden announced his organisation would be developing policy with the Industry Super...
Financial planning
ASFA chief Pauline Vamos urges Commonwealth departments and agencies to continue working on the implementation issues around financial services legislation despite the Go...
Superannuation
Liberal MP Paul Fletcher has hit out at the Labor Government for the current lack of public confidence in Australia’s superannuation system. . ...
Superannuation
AIST and ISN are calling for a clearer definition of the word 'advice’, as the current wording of TASA prohibits industry super funds from providing intra-fund advice. ...
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