Bryan Ashenden explains the significance of last year's changes to superannuation's concessional contributions cap....

Australians face a shortfall in retirement savings, and may have to accept lower living standards or bump up their savings though contributions....

AIST warns against the 'dumbing down' of existing balanced super funds and a potential worsening of the underinsurance problem; ASFA calls for legislative support to impr...

The number of people who will have exceeded their superannuation contributions cap in the 2009-10 financial year is likely to increase as the concessional contributions c...

ASFA and AIST backs report to remove the $450 monthly minimum threshold for superannuation guarantee payments, which they say mainly affects the super balances of women....

The Government has announced it will use Medicare Australia as its administration platform for the superannuation clearing house service for small businesses....

Insurance cover within superannuation has become an attractive strategy, writes Fabian Bussoletti....

Concessions and how people should access and pay for advice have emerged as the key issues in relation to superannuation and financial services reform....

Some new income definitions may cause clients to lose or reduce their access to some government benefits or concessions....

With the Federal Budget having delivered little more than some revenue-oriented tinkering to the financial services environment, a good deal of attention is now being foc...

There was a fair amount of confusion when the concessional contribution caps were introduced in the 2006 Federal Budget, and now it appears the ATO's own systems are misc...

Watson Wyatt managing director Andrew Boal warns that some of the tinkering with superannuation might ultimately place greater pressure on the age pension....

Distrust of the Federal Government's approach to superannuation legislation is preventing people from making full use of transition to retirement arrangements....

The Investment and Financial Services Association has urged the Federal Government to steer clear of radical change to the retirement savings system and instead embrace s...