SUPERANNUATION

Policy & Regulation

The trade union representing Superannuation Complaints Tribunal personnel claims it is wrong to wrap superannuation industry complaints into a body tasked with dealing wi...

People & Products

QMV founder, Mark Vaughan has succeeded fellow founder Michael Quinn as managing director of superannuation consulting and technology firm, QMV....

Superannuation

Three-quarters of Australians feel that fees are the most important factor when choosing a super fund, according to a survey....

Financial planning

Even well-meaning financial planners may not always be competent to advise on complex superannuation issues, according to a submission filed with the Productivity Commis...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has been told that unless it fixes the Age Pension means testing of retirement incomes products it will be in danger of falling short of its own po...

Superannuation

Value for money in superannuation funds is often in the eye of the consumer and should not be second-guessed by the regulators, according to the Association of Superannua...

Superannuation

The SMSF Association has announced its support for the superannuation reforms introduced into Parliament last week....

Superannuation

The ISA has hit out against the Federal Government’s introduction of super bills yesterday, arguing new transparency and disclosure rules could hurt industry super....

Funds management

Super funds need to focus on after-tax benefits when considering factor investing, according to Parametric’s research....

Features

Money Management’s 2014 Woman of the Year, Andrea Slattery writes why she is an optimist for the future of women equality....

Superannuation

Superannuation should be reviewed every five years in line with the Intergenerational Report and needs to be removed from the annual Budget cycle, the SMSF Association be...

Financial planning

A major industry superannuation fund has claimed banks and ‘for profit’ superannuation funds are incapable of acting in member’s best interests and should therefore be ve...

Superannuation

New analysis suggests superannuation funds could be selling their members short by up to $6 billion a year by not appropriately managing their tax and franking credits....

Superannuation

Investment advisory Parametric has called out super funds over a lax approach to fixing negative perception problems....

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released a discussion paper outlining the impacts of the ‘gig economy’ for employers’ superannuation....

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