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The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed new legislation which it said would ultimately protect member balances during super fund mergers....

The Industry Super Network claims high frequency trading is benefiting a small subset of investors at the expense of super funds....

Superannuation

Despite some questioning of the safety of SMSFs, new research has confirmed SMSF trustees are generally more satisfied than members of other types of superannuation funds...

Financial planning

Early adopters of scaled advice technologies and services may have to rethink their offering as the FOFA reforms move closer to their start date....

Superannuation

XPlan is developing a SOA template for four local government superannuation funds....

Claims that SMSFs have no recourse against fraud and theft are simply not true, according to SPAA....

Superannuation

Peter Burgess believes many SMSFs are failing to claim valuable tax deductions....

Financial planning

The Government has released exposure draft legislation on CGT relief for merging superannuation funds....

Superannuation

The Industry Super Network wants the Government to accept past performance as the basis for selecting default superannuation funds....

Superannuation

Around seven per cent of all self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) assets representing $26 billion are now held in unlisted property, according to Melbourne-based firm ...

Superannuation

According to APRA's superannuation overview for March 2012, total contributions have risen from the March 2011 quarter, although employers are stepping up for members who...

Superannuation

The average pension account has exceeded $200,000 for the first time across the superannuation industry, according to data collected by research centre SuperRatings. ...

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has prosecuted more than 1,500 people for tax and superannuation offences so far this financial year....

Superannuation

The ATO has been warned some superannuation funds will struggle to be ready to meet changes in rollover requirements....

Superannuation

SMSFs with less than $50,000 in assets pay around 7 per cent per year in operating costs, but due to the size of the average fund most pay less than 0.25 per cent....

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