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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia said the proposed Government policy to opt out of the superannuation guarantee increase will further disadvantage retirement savings for Australi...

Superannuation

Forcing workers to use their retirement savings to fund their own pay rise should not be a way to deal with low wage growth, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Tr...

Superannuation

The cost of retirement for couples went up 0.3% to $62,083 per year and up 0.5% to $43,901 for singles during the September quarter, according to data....

Superannuation

The Government’s Retirement Income Review has been welcomed but the industry has differing views on the superannuation guarantee increase and accessing home equity to fun...

Superannuation

At the same time as the Government is due to release the report of the Retirement Income Review the trade union movement has released its own report claiming that failing...

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

Leading actuarial research house, Rice Warner, has called for delaying the next superannuation guarantee rise rather than abandoning it altogether. ...

Superannuation

Lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12% is a necessary prerequisite to helping people rebuild their account balances in the wake of early release drawdowns, according...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has stopped short of restating the Government’s promise to increase the superannuation guarantee, preferring to say that it has no ...

Superannuation

The superannuation industry needs to shift its focus from the minimum super guarantee level to appropriate contribution levels based on members’ profiles, according to QM...

Financial planning

The benefits of comprehensive financial advice significantly outweigh those delivered by intra-fund advice and this should be recognised within the Retirement Income Syst...

Superannuation

UniSuper has warned that its members will have to foot the bill unless the Government takes account of the unique nature of defined benefit schemes in its changes to choi...

Superannuation

A new study from the Australian National University on the super guarantee assumes that every Australian is a single man who is in the workforce for more than 40 years st...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has suggested that the Australian Taxation Office delegate superannuation funds and trade unions to pursue superannuation guarantee debts from re...

Policy & Regulation

The Institute of Public Accountants has put its support behind the Government’s reintroduction of the superannuation guarantee amnesty bill....

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