SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

APRA-regulated funds must focus on regulatory compliance and be wary of misleading new and existing members, according to SMSF Association chief executive, Andrea Slatter...

Superannuation

Super fund members are either unaware of what to do or overwhelmed by the issue according to ASFA...

Financial planning

ASIC announces banning of Charterhill Group founder, George Nowak, until 3 July, 2017....

Funds management

ASIC has been warned that cobbling together guidance on PDS fee disclosure is not enough and that the underlying legislation needs to be fixed....

Superannuation

Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, is set to consider a number of measures to make superannuation more flexible, including moves to allow Australians use their super to fund ...

Superannuation

ASFA warns policymakers need to pay attention to longer retirement periods as the Intergenerational Report touches on rising lifespans and retirement periods of Australia...

Life/Risk

Increased investment from unlisted funds, offshore investors and superannuation funds drove Australia’s retail property sector to a third consecutive year of record inves...

Financial planning

Australians’ dreams of owning their own home is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve with housing becoming less affordable, a new report reveals....

Superannuation

Pay inequality will cause a retirement gender gap with one in three women having not a superannuation fund at all, according to ASFA....

Superannuation

Government urged to consider allowing married couples to have joint superannuation accounts....

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has called on both sides of politics to commit themselves to overarching goals for superannuation and to avoid tinkering with superannuation for shor...

Financial planning

With Baby Boomers closing in on retirement, the financial advice industry needs to shift its focus from accumulation to draw down, according to Lonsec Research....

News

Trying to service retired members predicted to placed increased pressure on superannuation fund cost structures....

Funds management

Super funds argue that infrastructure investment can help underpin their funding of post-retirement income products....

Financial planning

New research suggests few superannuation fund members have any real idea of the life insurance they hold inside super....

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