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Superannuation
The continued high operational costs of the defined contribution superannuation system in Australia will drive people to consider pulling out of the system altogether, ac...
Superannuation
AIST disappointed that the superannuation guarantee rise will be delayed a further 12 months....
Superannuation
Former Keating adviser Don Russell argues that the Treasury is wrong to assume the superannuation guarantee would survive the removal of tax concessions....
Financial planning
Govts of both persuasions told to stop legislating by press release in circumstances where considerable costs and inconvenience are being imposed on employers, advisers a...
Financial planning
No-one likes a surprise when wrestling with tax and superannuation, and financial planners heading towards the end of financial year seem primed on what is about to chang...
Superannuation
The FSC’s pre-Budget submission argues for the retention of LISC but with a pause on payments aligned to the pause in the higher SG....
Financial planning
There is a widening gap between the ideal retirement age and the real retirement age for many Australians, as they find they do not have enough money for retirement....
Superannuation
The new super contribution level has pushed employer contributions to record levels and will spur asset managers to seek greater efficiencies....
Superannuation
The superannuation guarantee needs to be drastically increased to 18 per cent for the system to become adequate, according to a financial services executive....
Financial planning
In order to ensure their clients are able to fund their own retirement, planners have the responsibility to actively encourage a healthy lifestyle, according to a financi...
Superannuation
ASFA warns that women will be particularly impacted by pausing the lifting of the superannuation guarantee....
Superannuation
Retaining LISC regarded as more important than the on-time delivery of the higher SG....
Policy & Regulation
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has condemned the new Government’s plan to axe the Low Income Super Contribution (LISC) as part of its repeal of the Mineral Resources Rent...
Superannuation
The Federal Government has released draft legislation for the repeal of MRRT, confirming its commitment to increasing the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent b...
Superannuation
The AIST has signalled annuities as being a quick win for the Abbott Government if it moves to pull down regulatory barriers....
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