SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The Federal Government has been warned that glitches in its Protecting Your Super legislation could result in fund members being treated unequally....

Superannuation

Sunsuper has announced that it will introduce financial advice fee caps to ensure that financial advice remains affordable....

Tools & guides

Superannuation has faced a plethora of legislative change in recent years. Bryan Ashenden breaks down what advisers need to understand about these to take the scare facto...

Superannuation

Having identified more than a dozen underperforming superannuation funds which have subsequently opted to exit the industry, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authorit...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has reinforced its intention to prohibit the deduction of advice fees from MySuper accounts at the same time as signalling more flexibility around ...

Superannuation

Thirteen superannuation funds have been confirmed as exiting the industry under pressure from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....

SMSF

The Australian Taxation Office last year focused its self-managed superannuation fund compliance investigations on non-lodgements, advice on illegal early release of fund...

Superannuation

It’s hard to see how many of the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP’s) proposed superannuation reforms will improve superannuation for Australians, the SMSF Association Nation...

Superannuation

The latest data from SuperRatings has revealed a January reversal of the negative superannuation fund returns reported in the closing months of 2018....

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....

Superannuation

The Actuaries Institute has backed the legislative changes requiring superannuation funds to develop retirement income strategies for their members from 1 July, next year...

Financial planning

Investment bonds could help Australian parents and grandparents save for the next generation’s financial future, according to Generation Life. ...

Superannuation

AMP Limited has acknowledged a multi-million impact flowing from the Government’s legislative changes to superannuation including transferring 370,000 low balance account...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds will likely struggle to meet the Government’s 1 July implementation date for its new superannuation legislation....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has found that the average Australian worker misses out on $12,475 from their super balance as a result of legislation allowing infrequent paymen...

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