SUPERANNUATION

Financial planning

The AFA and ISA have polar opposite opinions on lifetime contribution caps when it comes to helping women’s retirement income....

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Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, says industry funds cannot rely on past investment performance to absolve them from necessary governance changes....

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Superannuation

Continuing uncertainty about the future of super taxation has increased “precautionary” saving....

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Financial planning

Beacon Financial Group has signed on as the first distributor of new super fund, Endeavour Super, while selecting OneVue’s Luminous as its platform. ...

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Superannuation

Australian women need to be more proactive with their superannuation or risk falling further behind the gender pay gap, according to superannuation fund, Kinetic Super....

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Superannuation

Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive, Pauline Vamos points to aged care advice being the new frontier for super funds....

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Financial planning

The mainstream media’s over-reaction to normal market events is damaging the financial services industry....

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Superannuation

If the Government does not act, then the super industry may have to build a MyPension environment....

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Superannuation

Legislation requiring superannuation fund boards to include one-third independent directors has received the backing of the Senate....

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Superannuation

AustralianSuper CEO, Ian Silk, details ‘shameful’ conduct of financial services organisations....

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Superannuation

Australians could be losing out when it comes to their superannuation, due to “complex industrial law” preventing them from leaving default funds....

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Financial planning

ISA claims ASIC’s fee disclosure requirement update leaves consumers in the dark on fees charged by ‘for-profit’ superannuation funds run by banks. ...

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Superannuation

Super fund executives have been told good financial advice trumps investment management in delivering adequate retirement incomes....

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Superannuation

Robo-advice today is “not holistic” and cannot be considered as personalised advice, according to Rebecca Sullivan, co-founder of SMSFCheck....

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Financial planning

Super administration remaining just a record-keeping service is not sustainable and funds should invest in technology to stand out from the crowd....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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