SUPERANNUATION INDUSTRY

Financial planning

Super body claims ASIC approach is non-collaborative and in need or review. ...

Financial planning

Former Trio director Kurt Groenveld enters three-and-a-half year enforceable undertaking with APRA. ...

Superannuation

Are SMSFs contributing to a property bubble and gaining an unfair advantage in the process? Peter Kelly begs to differ....

Financial planning

Legalsuper has launched a new website that provides investment education material based on member feedback....

Superannuation

Super funds warn that customer due diligence will unreasonably tie up resources....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds should be permitted to 'bundle' consent by their members to provide information covered by the Privacy Act, according to ASFA. ...

Superannuation

It is vital SMSF practitioners have a thorough understanding of the in-house asset rules in order to avoid potential breaches. AMP SMSF's Peter Burgess explains how the i...

Financial planning

Advisers will have to disclose a number of specific facts when providing SMSF advice, such as lack of compensation arrangements and costs associated with running a self-m...

Policy & Regulation

ATO’s approach to the segregation of pension assets aimed at SMSFs, despite implications for large APRA-regulated funds....

Superannuation

Member direct investment options are one of the largest challenges confronting Australia's superannuation industry, according to IQ Group chief Graham Sammells. ...

Superannuation

ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos says there are too many organisations representing super and it’s time to blow it up and start from scratch....

Funds management

A former director of Trio who says he departed his role long before the collapse and after citing governance issues has strongly criticised APRA....

Financial planning

APRA has commenced proceedings in the Australian Federal Court seeking the disqualification of former Trio Capital director David Millhouse....

Superannuation

Industry bodies agree to work together to promote super as ‘united voice’....

Superannuation

SPAA argues that this year’s ATO compliance focus makes getting appropriate advice even more essential....

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