SUPERANNUATION GUARANTEE
Superannuation
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association (SPAA) has called for the Government to increase the standard concessional contribution cap by $10,000 to $35,000 f...
Superannuation
The High Court has deemed the superannuation guarantee to be a tax....
Financial planning
Government claims opt-in would cost around $11 per financial planning client is at best questionable and, at worst, entirely misleading, writes Mike Taylor....
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition has declared that repairing the Budget balance sheet will take priority over a higher Superannuation Guarantee....
Superannuation
New Towers Watson research reveals how relatively sound economic circumstances have seen Australian super funds' asset growth outstrip that of their global peers....
Editorial
The financial services industry has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Superannuation Guarantee and, as Mike Taylor reports, the industry funds have more to celebrate...
Editorial
While it is clearly not high on the current Federal Government’s agenda, at some point it will need to revisit legislation covering the operation of superannuation funds ...
Superannuation
Accountants urge Government to get superannuation right, and then stop tinkering....
Policy & Regulation
Mercer expert David Knox says the Government should lift the superannuation guarantee because it is more important than a carbon tax....
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia celebrates the anniversary of the superannuation guarantee, with research suggesting the super savings pool helped Au...
Policy & Regulation
Wealth management chief executives have called for certainty regarding the proposed FOFA changes, according to the 2011 Financial Services Council (FSC) CEO Report....
Superannuation
If the Coalition continues to reject the Government's proposal to raise the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent, it should outline how it plans to tackle the f...
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition has claimed that a higher super guarantee would erode take-home pay....
Policy & Regulation
The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has claimed the balance of FOFA is right and has urged the financial services industry to support a super guarantee increase based ...
Editorial
Superannuation accounts for children carry the built-in asset of time as a valid long-term savings option. However, Sarina Raffo discovers establishing a fund for younger...
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