SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Superannuation

ASFA urges the Government to extend the ATO's ability to use administrative penalties with respect to SMSFs....

Superannuation

Government urged to delay implementation date for SuperStream in face of technical hurdles....

Editorial

Financial planners are required to be members of an approved external disputes resolution service but they may not always know whether they are getting value for money....

Financial planning

ASIC has monitored more than 3,300 providers of financial advice over the past year, dedicating 29 staffers to the surveillance....

Superannuation

Government's Super Roundtable told lifting superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent will significantly reduce retirement incomes shortfall....

Superannuation

Financial Services Council tells Productivity Commission the Government's preferred approach on default superannuation funds is based on incorrect information....

Superannuation

It is actually retail superannuation funds rather than industry funds that need to improve their disclosure standards, according to the Industry Super Network. ...

Financial planning

If technology providers can come to the table, the provision of scaled advice may soon take the form of a 'co-browsing' function designed to better engage clients in the ...

Financial planning

Australia's biggest pension funds grew faster than the top global funds over the past five years, largely due to merger activity and strong contributions....

Superannuation

Major superannuation funds argue that all the beneficiaries of SuperStream should pay for its implementation....

Superannuation

The Government has been taken to task over failure to deliver on details necessary to appropriately design MySuper products....

Superannuation

ASFA has called for the implementation of the SRM despite concerns about the measure from some industry players....

Life/Risk

MetLife foreshadows Australian growth based on its global employee benefits expertise....

Superannuation

Large companies are likely to soak up books of SMSF clients by providing outsourced administration services, according to Bravura Solutions' Garradin manager Darren Speir...

Superannuation

Coalition claims new superannuation governance arrangements unduly favour large industry funds....

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