SUPERANNUATION

Features

With an ageing population, increasing longevity and policy reform making superannuation a less suitable tool for leaving wealth, Hannah Wootton looks at what structures p...

Tools & guides

Mindy Ding looks at how to navigate the maze of regulation that covers leaving superannuation to beneficiaries as part of an estate and explores relevant issues regarding...

SMSF

Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) have quadrupled their investment in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last five years, according to Class....

Superannuation

The financial industry may have underestimated the dramatic fall off in retiree spending, according to Milliman’s analysis....

Superannuation

Victims of Financial Fraud has alleged that the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority cannot fully protect the public’s superannuation savings, building on previous ...

Superannuation

The SMSF Association’s auditor members are concerned about the details of the proposed Budget changes and the effects on their audit businesses....

Superannuation

CareSuper has entered a partnership with Mercer to provide administrative services to the fund, ending a long-term relationship with previous administration partner, Link...

Life/Risk

Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn has accused the major life insurers of having ulterior motives for wanting to rehabilitate workers and get them back to work sooner....

Superannuation

The Government has received a negative financial services industry response to its move to make insurance inside superannuation “opt-in” for those aged under 25 and those...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and other industry groups have warned that many people will need advice to navigate the Government’s Budget changes....

Policy & Regulation

The Government has set itself to make women’s retirement incomes security an election issue by flagging the release of a women’s “economic security statement” in Septembe...

Expert Analysis

Nathan Walker writes that while the need to consolidate superannuation is well-publicised, advisers need to pay more attention to consolidating clients’ insurance schemes...

Superannuation

Several organisations have banded together to form the Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System, taking specific aim at Labor’s proposed dividend policy....

Superannuation

UniSuper has opened its first on-campus university shopfront, following the trend of super funds to open customer-orientated stores to try to better connect with and prov...

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has rejected the Grattan Institute’s proposal to dump superannuation guarantee increases, labelling it a “contrived a...

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