SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has declared political advertising to be the democratic right of superannuation fund trustees....

Financial planning

ANZ has locked in the timetable for transferring its superannuation customers to IOOF even though it traverses the problematic Christmas/New Year period....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has strongly disagreed with Grattan Institute analysis that the superannuation guarantee does not need to rise to 12 per cent....

Superannuation

Commercial property lender Thinktank has urged regulators and the Government not to ban the use of limited recourse borrowing arrangements within SMSFs....

Superannuation

Qantas Super has issued an announcement regarding the death of its board member, Paul Costello....

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has openly questioned the value of superannuation funds spending money on advertising their default products and call...

Superannuation

ASFA is encouraging the Government to consider expanding access to the exemption from the contributions work test to individuals with a total superannuation balance under...

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...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has moved to eliminate mistakes and oversights from its retirement income covenant at the same time as extending the deadline for funds introducing...

Superannuation

The changing structure of the Australian workforce means that the Keating’s superannuation system needs updating to better suit how people work nearly three decades after...

Superannuation

Despite suggestions it had shelved its push for majority independent directors on superannuation fund boards, the Government has made clear the issue remains very much al...

Superannuation

Industry funds have used a Productivity Commission report on investment returns to call for regulatory action against underperforming retail superannuation funds....

Life/Risk

The Australian Lawyers Alliance wants the Royal Commission to inject more transparency into insurance within superannuation to create awareness of sub-standard policy ter...

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that super members shouldn’t panic over last week’s share market falls, as they stand to lose from swappin...

SMSF

The Federal Opposition’s move to remove franking credits may drive up SMSF membership, according to SMSF Alliance principal, David Busoli. ...

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