ASSOCIATION OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has claimed the Australian Taxation Office may be claiming more than it actually costs to run the Lost Members Regist...

Financial planning

Even cash funds are starting to get complicated, writes JANINE MACE....

Financial planning

The Federal Government's move to allow superannuation funds to provide advice to members has served to unite the financial planning industry in voicing its opposition....

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Financial planning

Voluntary contributions to super have all but dried up in the face of the Federal Government's May Budget and announcements from the interim Henry Report, according to th...

Financial planning

IFSA is in discussions with both APRA and ASFA on defining the investment parameters of balanced superannuation funds, according to IFSA chief executive Richard Gilbert....

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Superannuation

New guidelines around the payment of product-directed commissions to financial planners is the most significant, but not the only, recommendation in a charter that aims t...

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Financial planning

ASFA has succeeded in gaining relief from the requirement to track down temporary residents whose super monies have been transferred to the ATO, a move which will represe...

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Financial planning

There was a fair amount of confusion when the concessional contribution caps were introduced in the 2006 Federal Budget, and now it appears the ATO's own systems are misc...

Superannuation

There were some hidden messages in the Rudd Government’s second Budget, not least of which was a clear signal that lifting the superannuation guarantee is off the agenda ...

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Superannuation

Government 'chopping and changing' on superannuation....

Financial planning

The wide variation of terms used in the superannuation sphere do little to help consumers engage with their super, and this issue is a glaring omission from Nick Sherry's...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that the abolition of the existing dividend imputation regime might see super funds choosing to invest ove...

Policy & Regulation

The industry is cranking up its opposition to a plan by some large corporations as well as economists to reform dividend imputation tax, including scrapping franking cred...

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Financial planning

The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry, has announced another review of the superannuation system, this time backed by the key industry gr...

Financial planning

ASFA hoping most funds will be providing access to financial advice by 2014....

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