SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The Association of Financial Advisers warns that even though its life/risk adviser members will be advantaged by new legislation making insurance within superannuation “o...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has been warned that its Budget changes capping fees for low balance superannuation accounts could be opening the way for unscrupulous ‘gaming’ of ...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that removing the compulsion from insurance inside superannuation for those aged under 25 will have serious i...

Superannuation

The Government has claimed it is reducing the compliance burden for self-managed superannuation funds, opening consultation for a paper on its proposed changes to SMSF au...

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has welcomed the Government’s decisions to extend consultation on the proposed three-yearly audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds....

Superannuation

The Federal Government has announced the commencement this week of a “catch-up” carry forward measure for superannuation concessional contribution caps....

Superannuation

Royal Commission letters to major superannuation funds have revealed the degree to which fund executives are facing tough questions on their travel and marketing expendit...

Superannuation

More self-managed super fund trustees and operators are expected to invest in international stock markets, according to Monex Securities Australia....

Financial planning

A letter from the Royal Commission to some superannuation funds suggests that the commercial and remuneration relationships between banks, corporate super funds and finan...

Tools & guides

Claudine Siou writes that from a superannuation perspective marriage and de facto relationships are not the same, warning that just living together does not afford as muc...

Superannuation

While the average superannuation balances of intending female retirees over the last decade have increased, they still lag well behind that of males, data from Roy Morgan...

Superannuation

A key Parliamentary Committee report has specifically cited the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority as suggesting not too much should be made of the perceived outp...

Superannuation

AIA has welcomed KPMG’s Insurance in Superannuation report, saying that the Government’s proposed changes would result in Australians being financially worse off....

Life/Risk

The change to default group insurance put forward by the Federal Budget could result in a 50 per cent reduction in overall insurance cover inside super, KPMG has warned....

Superannuation

While strongly supportive of the Government’s proposals overall, robo-adviser SuperEd has expressed some strong reservations about Treasury’s Retirement Income Covenant....

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