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The Productivity Commission is wrong to assert that high fees are clearly associated with low super returns, according to superannuation fund ratings house, SuperRatings....

Superannuation

The 2017/18 financial year was another strong one for super funds, with the median growth fund returning 9.2 per cent in a ninth consecutive positive year, data from Chan...

Superannuation

Superannuation fund trustees should be held to the same standards as advisers in terms of explaining insurance inside superannuation and the impact on balance erosion, ac...

Superannuation

Australians are significantly underestimating the cost of living in retirement, according to the latest Schroders Global Investors Study....

Superannuation

Superannuation fund members can look forward to the second half of 2018, with SuperRatings predicting an improvement in fund returns after a volatile start to the year....

People & Products

HESTA has appointed Dr Michael Kollo as general manager – quantitative solutions and risk, to further build on its internal investment capabilities....

SMSF

The Federal Government has today released draft regulations to extend SuperStream to self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) rollovers....

Superannuation

A key superannuation industry body has pointed to chief executive pay hitting a record high and has warned it will oppose excessive CEO bonuses....

Superannuation

As self-managed super fund trustees continue their hunt for yield, quality mortgage loans are finding growing appeal within the sector, according to commercial property l...

Superannuation

Seventy per cent of Australians over 50 worry about the potential for another global financial crisis, according to the latest National Seniors Australia survey....

Superannuation

The Parliament has received another warning of the major unintended consequences flowing from the Government’s legislative changes impacting insurance within superannuati...

Superannuation

Superannuation fund records are not always accurate enough to determine when a member is really inactive, meaning some people could be significantly disadvantaged by move...

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has said that Australia has one of the best retirement savings systems in the world, hitting out at “misleading analy...

Superannuation

New data presented to a Senate Committee has revealed that around $560 million in life and disability claims were paid to super fund members with less than $6,000 in thei...

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has confirmed just how common it is for self-managed superannuation fund trustees to maintain low balances in Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

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