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Financial planning
With the end of the financial year coming up, financial advisers need to have indexation, the downsizer contribution, bring-forward contributions, Pension Loans Scheme el...
Life/Risk
The proposed stapling of superannuation funds may leave some members ineligible to claim against their own policy after paying premiums if they are injured or ill while w...
Superannuation
Consultants are handling an almost unprecedented number of corporate superannuation fund reviews, with the likelihood that industry superannuation funds will emerge as wi...
Superannuation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has raised eyebrows by revealing the degree to which it wants to influence which funds merge with which. ...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is closely monitoring the delivery of financial advice by superannuation funds against the terms of ...
Superannuation
The efforts of vocal Government backbenchers to pursue policy changes to superannuation would be blunted if only employer representatives on industry super fund boards wo...
Superannuation
Superannuation funds may struggle to be as competitive without using digital advice to scale as the need to close the advice gap increases, according to Bravura solutions...
Superannuation
The Government has made it official by stating in the Budget that early release superannuation will not be allowed with respect to domestic and family violence....
Features
Mike Taylor questions whether a superannuation fund which experiences multiple failures of the proposed Australian Prudential Regulation Authority superannuation fund per...
Superannuation
The newly launched REST Sustainable Growth Option fund’s equity allocation would be managed by Parametric and Calvert. ...
Tools & guides
As the end of financial year approaches, Anna Mirzoyan gives financial advisers tips and strategies to use with clients and the traps to avoid....
Funds management
Women retire on average with a balance of $122,848 in super compared to men who, on average, retire with $154,453, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds Au...
Superannuation
Far from embarking on spending sprees, the majority of those who accessed their superannuation early used the funds for paying off household bills or mortgages, according...
Superannuation
There is a very real chance that many super members will fall short financially when they retire as only 20% of members have consistently topped up their fund, according ...
Life/Risk
The Federal Opposition says it is willing to listen and be convinced about life insurance and commissions....
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Podcast
My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...
Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...
How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...