SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

Median growth superannuation funds performed well in the September quarter thanks to strong international shares and have mostly recovered losses experienced in February ...

Superannuation

Major industry superannuation fund company, Industry Super Holdings has confirmed that it sits at the top of what amounts to a billion dollar financial services enterpris...

Superannuation

Leasing office space to Government departments and agencies has delivered steady returns to industry superannuation funds....

Financial planning

Nearly three quarters of older Australians wish to remain in their own home when they retire, instead of downsizing, but lack confidence in how they will fund this....

Superannuation

While there is a possible danger of members remaining in poorly-performing super funds, this is the better option than them accumulating multiple accounts. ...

Financial planning

One of Australia’s largest industry superannuation funds has confirmed it actually directly charges members who access intrafund advice....

Superannuation

The devil will be in the detail and so all the key elements of the superannuation industry want the Government to enter into meaningful consultation around its superannua...

Superannuation

A major industry superannuation fund, UniSuper, has confirmed how one of its executives and 93 other employees switched investment options amid the worst of the COVID-19 ...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds will have to pass an objective performance test to be able to take on new members under new arrangements announced in tonight’s Budget....

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has been funded to extend its targeting of serious and organised crime in tax and superannuation for another two years....

Superannuation

Less than 24 hours out from the tabling of the Federal Budget, the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume, has spoken of a third tranche of superannuati...

Superannuation

Fintech firms looking for new investment opportunities could look to smaller superannuation funds to integrate their financial planning and superannuation software, accor...

Superannuation

Super trustees are failing to provide the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with sufficient data to meet requirements with the regulator highlighting specific in...

Superannuation

The latest data around the Government’s hardship early release superannuation regime has confirmed that only mega-funds could have coped with the level of outflows genera...

Superannuation

Super increases shouldn’t used as a political football and increases in the SG are going to be essential in recovering superannuation balances post-COVID-19....

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