SUPERANNUATION

People & Products

Major $70 billion industry super fund, UniSuper, has announced a restructure that will see both personnel changes and the creation of three new executive roles....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds are heading for a disappointing FY19, as lessening market momentum and global growth challenges limit recovery from December’s equities slump....

Superannuation

The Association of Independent Retirees has called on all political parties to stop changing the rules of superannuation, tax and concessions on retirement incomes. ...

Superannuation

New industry funds research points to a continuing glaring gap between the fees charged by bank-owned retail superannuation funds and those charged by industry funds....

Superannuation

ASIC is putting the public’s retirement savings at risk and “kicking the can down the road” in deferring disclosure requirements on Choice products, a major industry body...

Superannuation

Both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have written to super funds asking them to prove they are not...

Superannuation

Almost one million working Australians aren’t receiving superannuation and the often-cited cause of self-employment isn’t the only driver, with 43 per cent of these worke...

People & Products

ME Bank and specialist retirement funding provider Household Capital, which launched earlier this year, have announced a partnership to establish a $100 million wholesale...

Superannuation

Dixon Advisory has backed a warning from former Treasurer Peter Costello that Australians should contribute more towards their superannuation....

Tools & guides

Bryan Ashenden lays out who should be taking advantage of the Government’s downsizer strategy and why, and how advisers can help them do so....

Editorial

Despite the populist chest-beating rhetoric from some of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s most senior executives, superannuation funds don’t breach ...

Superannuation

Changes to superannuation fee disclosure proposed by ASIC to improve transparency won’t solve the problem and could just increase confusion for consumers....

Financial planning

The move to expand their client base outside superannuation sectors has helped Frontier Advisors to achieve high scores in the Peter Lee Associates Investment Management ...

Superannuation

The Federal Government will establish a superannuation consumer advocate and has asked the Treasury to recommend a potential provider following a call for expressions of ...

Superannuation

Sunsuper has officially finalised its merger with AustSafe Super, bringing its funds under management to $64 billion and its member base to 1.4 million....

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