SMSF retirees drawing substantially more than the ‘comfortable’ income level should not become over-confident, a research paper warned....
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has stressed the need to focus on excellence and best practice among board members, regardless of who sits on boards....
Claims of self-managed super funds being oversold to unsuitable clients have been over-stated, according to SMSFs Professionals' Association of Australia education and st...
More 'mum and dad' investors could mistakenly end up in SMSFs under the Government's draft proposal for an accountants' exemption replacement, according to ASFA....
ASIC has been warned that cobbling together guidance on PDS fee disclosure is not enough and that the underlying legislation needs to be fixed. ...
ASFA is urging RSEs to undertake greater scrutiny when selecting outsourced service providers to avoid fraud risk....
The superannuation industry has applauded the Financial System Inquiry report’s proposal to tackle income stream barriers and enshrine super goals....
ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell has confirmed intra-fund advice is on the regulator’s surveillance radar....
Former Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello says super tax concessions are worth the cost to the Budget....
ASFA chairman calls on industry to get its house in order or risk having it done by outside forces....
YBR chairman, Mark Bouris, claims super fund members are under threat from industry disruptors. ...
ASIC has been told there needs to be greater clarity between what represents a ‘fee’ and a ‘cost’ in Product Disclosure Statements....
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...