SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

The Government has clarified taxation on pension streams for deceased estates in draft regulations released yesterday....

Superannuation

Government's failures on excess contributions are highlighted by decision which places both fund members and employers at risk....

Editorial

Damon Taylor writes that 2012 has proved to be a particularly busy year for the Australian superannuation industry – and one during which many funds found themselves tryi...

Financial planning

Many baby boomers would prefer to handle their own affairs, according to a new superannuation survey....

Superannuation

Is 2013 the year of election "super" promises - or has the landscape changed forever? Aaron Dunn writes....

Life/Risk

Pricing structures for the risk insurance market will continue to converge over the next 15 years, according to Rice Warner Actuaries Risk Insurance Market Projections Re...

Superannuation

Auditor General told that a moral hazard may be generated by the manner in which the so-called APRA levy is raised....

Superannuation

Insurers and superannuation funds will need to start making tailored insurance offers to customers to combat the underinsurance problem, rather than continuing the "blank...

Funds management

Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) has called for property to be regulated as a financial product under the Corporations Act....

Editorial

Apart from volatile markets and investor sentiment, this year has also seen major policy developments, new investment trends and key career and business moves. Tim Stewar...

Superannuation

New survey result reveals majority in favour of treating superannuation funds like publicly listed companies....

Life/Risk

The cross-selling of insurance and other products by the major banks may become an issue as the Government moves towards the so-called "auto-consolidation" of multiple su...

Superannuation

Falling interest rates could force Australian superannuation funds to boost allocations to alternative assets to enhance investment returns....

Superannuation

The Coalition doesn't believe the 1 July 2013 implementation date for MySuper is realistic, according to the Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Senator Mathias Corma...

Superannuation

ASFA warns that the process of selecting MySuper products to be default funds needs to be transparent....

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