SUPERANNUATION

Financial planning

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

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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

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. ...

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....

Superannuation

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

Financial planning

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

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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

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. ...

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

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

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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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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