SUPER FUNDS

Financial planning

Salaried advisers may have fewer administrative headaches when compared to their self-employed counterparts but, ultimately, they do not legally own their clients. ...

Superannuation

The median balanced superannuation funds are on track to finish the year in positive territory as the global recovery is looking ‘sufficiently V-shaped’, according to Sup...

Superannuation

Total salary packages over $1 million are no longer uncommon amongst industry fund chief executives, according to answers provided to a Parliamentary Committee. ...

Superannuation

Super fund AustralianSuper has risen to be recognised as one of the top 50 largest asset owners in the world, with US$129,095 in assets. ...

Superannuation

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

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...

Superannuation

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

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. ...

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...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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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