SUPER

Superannuation

The Government’s superannuation reforms discourage members from boosting their super balances and push them to invest in their own name when it should be doing the opposi...

Superannuation

Unpaid super can cost workers tens of thousands of dollars, according to ISA research....

Superannuation

Advisers and super funds must strive to change members’ thinking about their super as a balance in an account to an income stream that would provide for their retirement....

Superannuation

A concept of adequacy in the super objective will encourage people to save during their working life to fund a self-sufficient retirement, the SMSF Association believes. ...

Policy & Regulation

The Government has laid out the initial ground rules for its proposed ASIC product intervention regime but has invited discussion about whether super products should be i...

Superannuation

Members were not rushing to top up their super before changes were implemented next year while the Federal Government had avoided publicising its changes to non-concessio...

Superannuation

Former TAL chief executive, Jim Minto, said insurance via super is the most efficient and effective delivery mechanism....

News

Money Management and DEXX&R has announced the winners of the thirteenth annual Adviser Choice Risk Awards 2016 at a breakfast briefing this morning....

Superannuation

StatePlus acting chief executive, Graeme Arnott, has been appointed as the firm’s new chief executive....

Superannuation

While the Government has won bouquets for its $500,000 concessional cap change, it has received brickbats for its reversal on the work test for those aged 65 to 75....

Superannuation

Scrapping the $500,000 lifetime cap is a step in the right direction, but there is still more work to be done for super, the financial services industry believes....

Accounting

Ignition Wealth has launched a wellness profile, aimed at enabling customers to aggregate their financial data and produce a snapshot of their assets....

Superannuation

SMSF trustees have retreated from contributing in the June quarter as a result of the proposed changes to the superannuation system announced by the Federal Government. ...

Superannuation

Vision Super has gone against the grain by implementing a self-administration platform....

Superannuation

Almost half of all workers believe finding and consolidating super is time consuming and complex while an equal number of people were not sure if they have lost super....

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