SUPERANNUATION CONTRIBUTIONS

Financial planning

Question: Is it compulsory for a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) to register for GST? If not, is there any advantage in doing so?...

Financial planning

JOHN PERRI looks at what has become law recently, and what is around the corner in 2004....

Life/Risk

By structuring the ownership of personal life insurance policies via superannuation, it may be possible to fund such premiums from pre-tax earnings, says Andrew Lowe....

Superannuation

A recent court case decided that a super contribution made just before bankruptcy was protected from the bankruptcy trustee – but, as Peter Bobbin reports, whether or not...

Financial planning

The Federal Government’s push to reduce the superannuation surcharge and expand government co-contributions bore fruit as the Senate passed both measures yesterday after ...

Policy & Regulation

The Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have called on the Government to pour some of its $7.5 bil...

Financial planning

Former Tasmanian financial adviser Mervyn William Mitchell appeared in Hobart Magistrates Court today on 110 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Financial planning

A former AMP superannuation agent has entered a guilty plea in the Sydney District Court to one charge of defrauding a former client following an Australian Securities an...

Superannuation

More work on retirement income policy is needed if the living standard expectations by the next generation of retirees are to be met, according to a major policy statemen...

Financial planning

The Assistant Treasurer, Helen Coonan, says the Government will push ahead with plans to reform superannuation in a bid to deliver on its election promises....

Financial planning

New opportunities have opened for advisors with the changes to the superannuation laws regarding divorce settlements....

Financial planning

AXA chief executive officer Les Owen says that despite all the recent bad news the outlook for the Australian wealth management market looks good....

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has claimed the superannuation surcharge is now affecting 10 per cent of the workforce each year....

Financial planning

Norwich Union Life has urged part-time workers to top up their superannuation to ensure they are not disadvantaged when it comes to retirement....

Financial planning

Less than half of all employers expect to offer their employees a choice of superannuation funds in the next one or two years, a new survey has found....

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