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People and Products

The SMSF specialist firm has announced the launch of Super Foundations, a short course to upskill new starters in the superannuation industry. ...

People and Products

Dick Shearman, chair of $13 billion industry superannuation fund NGS Super, will retire after 10 years. ...

SMSF

The SMSF Association is urging the Quality of Advice Review to “set in stone” the need for specialist training for those advising the self-managed superannuation fund sec...

Financial advice

The SMSF Association has launched nine compulsory online modules as part of its SMSF Specialist Advisor designation....

People and Products

Quyen Woodrow has been appointed as product manager by the non-government education and community industry super fund....

SMSF

SuperConcepts has warned that the Productivity Commission’s revision of the minimum viability threshold for SMSFs to $500,000 is misleading, saying a figure of half that ...

Insurance

Life risk industry veteran, Michael Molesworth, has warned that underwriters and claims assessors need to be subject to more stringent education requirements or risk comm...

SMSF

The lack of SMSF trustee education required is similar to requiring an unlicensed car driver to take a driving course only if they are involved in an accident, an industr...

Financial advice

Financial planners employed by superannuation funds are less likely to have a third-level education than planners working in other areas, a survey reveals. ...

SMSF

The SMSF Association has teamed up with Kaplan Professional to launch an SMSF graduate certificate for those wanting to add a specialisation to their financial qualificat...

Insurance

Less than half of Aussies have heard of TPD insurance being offered through super funds, according to Slater and Gordon....

Superannuation

Incentives around childcare and helping both women and men be more financially literate will help close the gender gap in superannuation, a panel agreed....

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

10 months 2 weeks ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

10 months 3 weeks ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

10 months 3 weeks ago

The superannuation industry will be judged by its member services rather than how effectively it accumulates wealth, according to Stephen Jones....

17 hours ago

APRA’s latest data has revealed that superannuation funds spent $1.3 billion on advice fees, with the vast majority sent to external financial advisers....

17 hours ago

The profit-to-member super funds are officially operating as a merged entity, set to serve over half a million members. ...

3 days 16 hours ago