SUPERANNUATION FUNDS
Superannuation
The financial planning industry has welcomed the Government's proposal to raise the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent....
Superannuation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA's) handling of superannuation funds needs to be just as transparent as its handling of the major banks, according t...
Superannuation
Dominant trustees can create issues for SMSFs unless appropriate strategies are put in place....
Financial planning
ASFA has backed moves by the Government to make directors of 'phoenix' companies personally liable for any unpaid superannuation contributions....
Editorial
Claudine Siou investigates some superannuation benchmarks that will help ensure clients enjoy a comfortable retirement....
Financial planning
The Government must remove a number of structural, regulatory and political issues that must be resolved before the $1.3 trillion in superannuation saving can be utilised...
Superannuation
Superannuation trustees have pointed to the degree to which MySuper will force further industry rationalisation....
Policy & Regulation
Superannuation fund trustees have urged the Government to provide more time and certainty for the transition to a Stronger Super and FOFA regime....
Superannuation
Lachlan Partners believes an ATO draft ruling may catch non-dependent death beneficiaries....
Funds management
Yesterday's S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Income Index Series launch is an important step in towards the creation of fixed income exchange traded funds in Australia, according...
Superannuation
StatewideSuper and Local Super have announced the commencement of due diligence ahead of a potential merger between the two superannuation funds....
Editorial
The sole purpose test has governed the operations of Australian superannuation funds for nearly two decades but, as Mike Taylor reports, it may require some reinterpretat...
Financial planning
The Government's recent Stronger Super announcement states it will be phasing out the option to hold 'own occupation' Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance polic...
Superannuation
ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos questions whether SMSF allocations are always appropriate....
Policy & Regulation
The Industry Super Network has welcomed the second tranche of FOFA and offered help to Govt on developing the fine detail....
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