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A pause in the superannuation guarantee at its current 9.5% is looking almost certain in next month’s Budget and no one is ruling out a further extension to hardship earl...
Financial planning
NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg, has stated his belief the financial services industry had too much influence over Liberal Party policy and that the Coalition was wrong...
Superannuation
With five significant superannuation fund mergers already on foot and eight others known to be in the early stages, the Australian superannuation industry faces further c...
Editorial
As more advisers leave the industry and the cost of financial advice delivery rises, superannuation funds are destined to play a greater role. These circumstances make it...
Expert Analysis
The Financial Services Council’s Jane Macnamara argues that the use of superannuation is not the answer to Australia’s housing affordability problem....
Superannuation
While recovery momentum helped bolster account balances in August, the second half of 2020 will be dependent on COVID-19 infection rates and the gradual easing of restric...
Superannuation
New data has revealed how thousands of superannuation fund members and a few super fund trustees crystallised their losses in a 30-day period of turmoil generated by the ...
Superannuation
Strong listed share market returns were the main drivers of growth fund performance during August with Australian shares returning 3% and international shares returning 5...
Superannuation
In the past three months, Cbus, HESTA and UniSuper have publicly stated their intention to move to net zero emissions by 2050, according to a new report. ...
Superannuation
At least two companies were warned by the regulator to stop charging fees ranging from $199 to $299 for facilitating superannuation early release when the process is mean...
Financial planning
Hostplus openly offered members comprehensive advice around the Government’s hardship early release scheme but most only wanted general advice about how it worked and how...
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has declared its opposition to people using their superannuation for a first home deposit declaring the argument does not stack up and woul...
Superannuation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has revealed that it has almost seven times more former retail superannuation fund staffers than those who have worked in i...
Superannuation
Australian superannuation funds have been shown to have significantly outperformed their international peers in 2019 – something which has likely changed in 2020....
Superannuation
Government attacks on industry superannuation funds risk jeopardising their ability to invest in Australia’s economic recovery, according to Industry Super Australia....
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Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...