RETIREMENT SAVINGS
Editorial
Australia’s love affair with property is well documented, but many baby boomers are selling up to fund their retirement. According to MLC's Andrew Barnett, this shows the...
OnePath’s technical team takes a look at the superannuation guarantee increase and finds the more things change the more they stay the same....
Financial planning
SPAA is looking to debate the issue of contributions caps, which it says are too low, at the Government's recently announced superannuation roundtable....
Financial planning
SPAA is looking to debate the issue of contributions caps, which it says are too low, at the Government's recently announced superannuation roundtable....
Financial planning
Contribution caps help widen the gender gap in retirement savings as they do not allow women to catch up with their superannuation after career breaks such as maternity l...
Financial planning
Contribution caps help widen the gender gap in retirement savings as they do not allow women to catch up with their superannuation after career breaks such as maternity l...
Superannuation
Though retirement savings' adequacy has been tipped as the superannuation industry's next area of legislative focus, SMSFs already have their house in order, according to...
Financial planning
The Government yesterday announced an extension to the 25 per cent drawdown relief for account-based pensions for the 2012-13 financial year....
Superannuation
SMSFs need to start focusing on the challenges of post-retirement, according to David Lees, general manager - superannuation and investments for the BT Financial Group....
Superannuation
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has restated his party's opposition to an increase in the superannuation guarantee but said it would not rescind an increase if it was passe...
Superannuation
Shadow Minister for Superannuation Mathias Cormann has reaffirmed that the Coalition will not repeal the increase in the superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9 to 12 per ce...
Financial planning
It is important not to take legislation such as the recent round of superannuation reforms to parliament without first forming an industry consensus, according to Ministe...
Superannuation
Newcastle-based Hunter United Employees' Credit Union has launched a low-cost web-based superannuation product to service the Hunter Valley....
Financial planning
Market volatility is changing the way financial advisers structure their clients' retirement income and the advice they are offering around it. Benjamin Levy reports on t...
Accounting
Small Independent Super Funds Association wants definitive framework for accountants providing advice....
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Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...