SUPERANNUATION FUNDS

Financial planning

Financial advisers have been warned against advising clients to withdraw superannuation for medical or dental treatments as a new report highlights the long-term effect o...

Financial planning

The introduction of financial advice from superannuation funds and banks could see adviser numbers grow to as much as 25,000 in the future. ...

Financial planning

Morningstar is going to offer research ratings of funds in the $3.5 trillion superannuation sector for the first time in response to demand from financial advisers....

Financial planning

ASIC has shared findings on the role of advice licensees in the oversight of superannuation fund performance, highlighting their approved product lists and use of researc...

Funds management

Australian Ethical has reported a 15 per cent FUM rise as it scales up the business to benefit from a mega trend of responsible investing. ...

Financial planning

Providing inappropriate advice and receiving soft benefits from a telemarketing operation about superannuation switching are among breaches that have led to the Financial...

Superannuation

SuperRatings has revealed the estimated annual performance of balanced superannuation funds for 2023, welcoming the “strong return to form” after losses in the previous y...

Superannuation

ASIC has sentenced former director Mudasir Mohammed Naseeruddin over four years imprisonment for ‘egregious conduct’ and dishonestly obtaining client funds from six inves...

People & Products

Link Group is the target of an acquisition bid by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation as the firm seeks greater access to Australia’s superannuation funds....

Superannuation

Making concessional and non-concessional contributions to superannuation funds are among the most common queries asked by financial advisers, according to AMP....

Superannuation

The amount needed to set aside for a comfortable retirement continues to grow, as Finder indicates the figure is approximately double what Australian retirees will actual...

Superannuation

With the calendar year end fast approaching, research house Chant West has shared how much it is expecting the median growth super fund to return for the 12-month period....

Funds management

Investment platform DomaCom has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with super advice technology platform Super Fierce to offer residential property in...

People & Products

Morningstar has hired former Adviser Ratings chief executive, Mark Hoven, to drive the firm’s expansion in the superannuation and retirement space....

Superannuation

SuperRatings has released the latest data for superannuation fund performance in the third quarter of 2023....

 

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Graeme

FWIW I am a long term holder of both. I am relaxed about my LICs trading at a discount. Part of a cycle. I would like...

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Ross Smith

The term "The democratisation of private assets continues to gain steam" is marketing misleading. There is no democracy...

14 hours ago
Greg

I have passed this exam, and it is not easy or fair exam. It's no wonder that advisers are falsifying their results. ...

3 days 13 hours ago

AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 3 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months 1 week ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

9 months 3 weeks ago