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Superannuation

Superannuation funds will get just a few weeks’ notice and no consultation before the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority publishes its controversial heat maps on ...

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Superannuation

The super industry needs to evolve its transactional functions to be fully automated to provide super members access to their funds 24/7, ESSSuper believes....

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Superannuation

One of the founders of Australia’s superannuation system says it’s not the system that needs to be fixed, but wages for workers....

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Superannuation

Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called on policymakers to implement a ‘default once’ system to help superannuation members maintain a single ac...

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Financial planning

There is a strong demand for aged care advice, according to a recent Australia Securities and Investments survey tracking consumer demands, calling into question if advis...

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Superannuation

Growth and balanced superannuation funds saw losses in August, but more defensive funds made a positive return, according to SuperRatings....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia wants unions and industry funds empowered to act as agents of the Australian Taxation Office to pursue employers who don’t meet their superannuat...

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Superannuation

Showing superannuation fund members their projected retirement wealth encourages higher rates of salary sacrifice and engagement, according to a report....

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Superannuation

Super Consumers Australia is launching a ‘people’s advocate’ in the super sector to improve the system for low to middle income people....

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Financial planning

Will changes to default superannuation arrangements combine with changes to income streams serve to squeeze many advisers out of the superannuation market?...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council (FSC) says there is a need to fix superannuation defaults to adjust to a high amount of multiple job holders and the creation of ‘zombie’ s...

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Superannuation

Making extra withdrawals from superannuation every year could still cause problems for members, according to Bob Locke from SMSF specialist Practical Systems Super, despi...

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Outsider

Outsider notes that former Financial Services Council (FSC) policy executive and long-time political aspirant, Senator Andrew Bragg, delivered his maiden speech in the Se...

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Superannuation

The commencement date for switching off insurance inside super for low balance accounts should be deferred to 1 October, this year, according to a leading superannuation ...

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Policy & Regulation

Despite the Government’s moves on deeming rates, the Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has ruled out any immediate changes to the superannuation draw-down rules....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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