SUPER FUNDS

Superannuation

The Federal Government has signalled it will not be relenting on making superannuation funds perform and be more transparent for members....

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Superannuation

Faced by suggestions of an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, industry fund NGS Super has declared clean hands on investment switching...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is investigating a range of investment switches undertaken by trustees and executives of major superannuation funds. ...

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Superannuation

While there is a possible danger of members remaining in poorly-performing super funds, this is the better option than them accumulating multiple accounts. ...

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Financial planning

Sydney University research has suggested that accountants and financial advisers will be beneficiaries of the Government’s move to increase the maximum number of SMSF mem...

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Superannuation

In the past three months, Cbus, HESTA and UniSuper have publicly stated their intention to move to net zero emissions by 2050, according to a new report. ...

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Financial planning

As platform migrations and consolidation occur, new data is pointing to a still small but growing number of advisers choosing to use industry funds. ...

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Superannuation

Non-Government Schools Super and Australian Catholic Super have initiated a merger process that would see the creation of the largest super fund in the non-Government sch...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds are carrying out double-checks around surprisingly high instances of different bank account numbers being used by members seeking early access to sup...

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Superannuation

A more than $1 trillion impact on superannuation assets is being forecast over the next 10 years as industry superannuation funds warn the Government against further exte...

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Superannuation

New data has revealed the degree to which Self-Managed Superannuation Funds are facing a decade of struggle as the COVID-19 pandemic and associated measures undercuts the...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have received a boost from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority for continuing to deliver support to corporate capital raisings at the same...

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Superannuation

While AustralianSuper, Hostplus, and Cbus had some of the largest drawdowns from the scheme, they also produced some of the best returns over the last decade, according t...

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Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed a surge in second tranche early release applications, with many members lining up for a second dip. ...

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Superannuation

Media and entertainment superannuation fund, Media Super, is to merge with big building industry fund, Cbus is a bid to gain scale. ...

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Squeaky'21

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

6 days 15 hours ago
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...

6 days 16 hours ago
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...

1 week ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 1 week ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

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

9 months 1 week ago