SUPERANNUATION

Tools & guides

Krishna Skandakumar, Heather Gray and Andrew O’Bryan look at the various changes that have occurred in insurance within superannuation and self-managed superannuation fun...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia wheels out its chairman, former NSW Liberal leader, Peter Collins, to urge the new Prime Minister to review and reset super fund governance chang...

Superannuation

ASFA has congratulated former Treasurer, Wayne Swan’s, ex-chief-of-staff, on his appointment to Shadow Minister for financial services and superannuation....

Superannuation

As the Parliament moves to consider super fund governance changes, Industry Super Australia has released research claiming the big banks are taking a third of all super f...

Financial planning

Curtin University research group argues the super system is skewed against women and lower income earners....

Superannuation

Aussies are taking more control on their retirement savings as 52 per cent say fees and better performance were reasons to switch funds, according to a report....

Financial planning

Public servants and defence personnel who are members of nine Commonwealth super schemes are getting their advice via Industry Fund Services....

Tools & guides

Andrew Lowe answers some common questions around income stream planning, including eligibility to make super contributions, and starting or winding up an income streams....

People & Products

Mercer appoints former Telstra executive to Mercer Superannuation board as an independent non-executive director....

Superannuation

New superannuation report makes clear that while advice is central to super, conflicts of interest must be disclosed....

Funds management

Parliamentary committee warned that Australian family offices will look to invest offshore in the face of threats to their tax confidentiality....

Superannuation

South Australian super fund Statewide has appointed Richard Nunn as its chief executive after its former CEO resigned in May....

Superannuation

Myths surrounding the equity and sustainability of superannuation tax concessions will need to be debunked if there is to be a serious debate about reform, ASFA believes....

Financial planning

New research has confirmed that advice is pivotal to superannuation and that funds need to recognise the value delivered by financial planners....

Financial planning

In more fall-out from its investigation into the Sherwin Group of companies, ASIC has started an investigation into the operation of Money Market Accounts held by Sherwin...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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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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