SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The Government has both given and taken away from the super industry with a lower concessional contribution cap but a substantial restoration of the LISC for a Low Incom...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has suggested the 40,000 investment options available to fund members is probably too many....

Superannuation

Upper income earners face almost certain reductions in their superannuation tax concessions in tonight’s Budget with greater emphasis on women and lower income earners....

Outsider

Outsider skimmed through Money Management’s Salary Survey to find some interesting results about education levels between planners in banks and their peers in the super s...

Financial planning

In a bid to encourage more women to join the fintech industry, CXi Software is paying super contributions for permanent staff members who go on maternity leave....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia chief executive, David Whiteley, has called for a re-targeting of superannuation tax concessions by ending the skew to upper income earners....

Funds management

More Aussies would invest in a term deposit or a high interest account than super if they received a $100,000 windfall, according to BT Financial Group....

Financial planning

Financial planners working for aligned groups account for a significant proportion of the growth in salaries across the planning industry, the Money Management Salary Sur...

Funds management

Russell Investments' new equity solution achieves benchmark returns and a more than 50 per cent reduction in carbon footprint....

Superannuation

Investors and advisers are seeking tax effective structures to supplement super as proposed tax changes could see reduced retirement savings, according to Centuria Life....

Superannuation

Pre-retirees do not feel the need for the Government to formally identify the purpose of superannuation, they already know....

Superannuation

Legislation to enshrine super may seem like a backward step but it will help the system move forward, prevent constant tinkering, and provide certainty for future reforms...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has detailed the lessons learned from the Trio/Astarra collapse while defending the imposition of EUs over court proceeding...

Financial planning

Dreams of passing wealth on to the next generation to enable them to enjoy a better lifestyle are likely to be shattered in the years ahead, research reveals....

Superannuation

Incorrect advice from a superannuation fund saw a woman renounce her Australian citizenship in an effort to get early access to her super....

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