federal budget

Superannuation

The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has advised the Federal Government to stop playing with the tax regime for superannuation funds....

Expert Analysis

The Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, has committed to a tight Budget but that should not preclude a reassessment of the LISC in the same context as pausing the rise in the ...

Expert Analysis

The Federal Government’s early April policy announcement bore all the hallmarks of a hurried stopgap....

Expert Analysis

The priority for the Government should be improving superannuation, not creating further uncertainty by canvassing further taxes and changes....

Expert Analysis

While the Government has made genuine improvements to superannuation, those achievements have been undermined by incessant fiddling around Budget time....

Expert Analysis

The superannuation tinkering contained in the Federal Budget makes it a poor legacy for a Government sharing the same heritage as the Hawke/Keating originators of the Sup...

Superannuation

The expenditure of the $467 million SuperStream levy announced in the Federal Budget must be open and transparent, according to the Financial Services Council....

Superannuation

PwC partner Alice Kase has responded to the Government's budget announcement in regards to superannuation, saying complexity and confusion will undermine the system....

Superannuation

The Actuaries Institute has lamented the Government's failure to enact measures in the Federal Budget to encourage the take-up and development of annuities in Australia....

Superannuation

The Government's decision to reduce the superannuation tax concession for high income earners will end up hurting members with lower account balances, according to ASFA c...

Superannuation

Industry has warned the Government that the costs of tinkering with superannuation could far outweigh the benefits....

Superannuation

A more demographic-centred framework to superannuation policy is required rather than a "one size fits all" approach, according to the Institute of Public Accountants....

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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. ...

1 year 3 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 4 months 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 ...

1 year 4 months ago

Australia’s largest superannuation fund has confirmed all members who had funds stolen during the recent cyber fraud crime have been reimbursed. ...

2 days 8 hours ago

As institutional investors grapple with shifting sentiment towards US equities and fresh uncertainty surrounding tariffs, Australia’s Aware Super is sticking to a discipl...

2 days 9 hours ago

Market volatility continued to weigh on fund returns last month, with persistent uncertainty making it difficult to pinpoint how returns will fare in April. ...

2 days 9 hours ago