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Expert Analysis

Exchange-traded funds can be a suitable way for retirees to future-proof their portfolios and generate a stable income, writes Kanish Chugh....

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Superannuation

The majority of Australians support increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12%, according to the survey....

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has proposed a two-stage assessment to look at fees and costs, and investment returns. ...

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Superannuation

Up to 20 complaints left unfinished by the final closure of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal will need to be handled by the Australian Financial Complaints Authorit...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s Your Future, Your Super Budget announcement might look good at first blush but contains a number of wrinkles which need to be iro...

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Superannuation

The devil will be in the detail and so all the key elements of the superannuation industry want the Government to enter into meaningful consultation around its superannua...

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Superannuation

A pause in the superannuation guarantee at its current 9.5% is looking almost certain in next month’s Budget and no one is ruling out a further extension to hardship earl...

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Financial planning

NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg, has stated his belief the financial services industry had too much influence over Liberal Party policy and that the Coalition was wrong...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have different business models to either the banks or the major insurers and this needs to be recognised....

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Financial planning

Major superannuation group, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has backed the increased use of advisers in helping people not only deal with retirement ...

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Superannuation

There are a range of self-interest groups “obsessed with dismantling superannuation on ideological grounds” that could shrink the economy, according to the Association of...

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Superannuation

The proposal for the early release of superannuation to address housing affordability by the Master Builders does nothing to address the supply side constraints at the he...

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Superannuation

It is now even more critical for the superannuation guarantee to lift to 12% as COVID-19 has left many young Australians unemployed, according to a super body....

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Superannuation

Superannuation members need to regularly check their balance given the scams and fraud activity surrounding the early release of super scheme, a super body has said....

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Financial planning

Superannuation funds would be able to deliver advice around the questions most asked by members via a record of advice under a proposal being backed by the Association of...

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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