SUPERANNUATION SYSTEM

Superannuation

Legislation will be introduced next year to allow trustees to voluntarily transfer any amount of inactive low balance accounts to the tax office, spelling the beginning o...

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Superannuation

The Government would be well-advised focusing on Age Pension taper rates rather than superannuation within its upcoming retirement incomes review, according to Australian...

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Superannuation

The Federal Treasury has been told that the early release of superannuation should not be used to plug some of the Federal Government’s social welfare policy gaps....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds have welcomed the Royal Commission’s final report, but financial planning groups are concerned about the outcome for their members....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has told the Productivity Commission that some retail funds and self-managed superannuation fund promoters have pursued ‘confusion marketing stra...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that the Labor Party’s proposal to abolish refundable franking credits needs to take into account the bedd...

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Superannuation

The Federal Senate will this week consider the controversial amendment to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act first proposed by the then-Treasurer Scott Morriso...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has joined the dissent against the Grattan Institute’s retirement report, labelling it “an unprecedented attack on th...

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Superannuation

Assistant treasurer Stuart Robert has announced a plan to ensure that death benefits that include insurance proceeds are not subject to tax when rolled over to a new supe...

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been told under 25s may be better off not going immediately into the superannuation system and instead be directed to a Government-run def...

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My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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