SUPERANNUATION FUNDS
Superannuation
Industry Super Australia has claimed the outperformance of industry funds highlights the need for the separation between product and advice in the retail sector....
Funds management
Superannuation funds are benefiting from strong returns produced by listed equities, as the sector recorded a second successive year of double-digit growth in the 2013/14...
Superannuation
An underwhelming June performance did not stop super funds seeing double digit returns in the 2013/14 financial year....
Financial planning
The Financial Systems Inquiry interim report has pointed to high super fees and has canvassed auctions for obtaining default fund status....
Funds management
The apparent disconnect between retirement savings and untapped home equity is one of the most puzzling situations in the financial services space, according to Deloitte....
Superannuation
People who have spent long periods out of the workforce should be able to access special catch-up superannuation contribution caps....
Superannuation
Superannuation funds risk falling foul of new legislation due to inconsistent fee and cost disclosure practices, an ASIC report reveals....
Policy & Regulation
The Government must ensure superannuation tax concessions are channelled into building retirement income for Australians who need it, ASFA says....
Financial planning
Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....
Superannuation
Australians need to put a minimum of an extra 5.5 per cent of their salaries into superannuation each year on top of the super guarantee, experts from Deloitte Actuaries ...
People & Products
Melinda Howes has been lured away from AMP to become General Manager of Super at BTFG....
Policy & Regulation
ASIC, Treasury and the TPB have been urged to ensure the harmonisation of the standards applied to advisers....
Superannuation
Current tax rules around retirement products are increasingly impinging on the flexibility of retirees, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia says....
Financial planning
Super funds have received a deadline extension to 1 July 2015 for compliance with fee and cost disclosure requirements....
Superannuation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released guidance for superannuation funds and their trustees on information disclosure on their websites in a...
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