government and regulation

Superannuation

New legislation aimed at incentivising employers to come forward and pay any unpaid superannuation in full has been introduced by the Turnbull Government....

Superannuation

The Federal Treasury has confirmed there can be no case transfers between the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and the new Australian Financial Complaints Authority....

Insurance

Further regulation for the life insurance industry was not necessary as self-regulation is efficient, less costly, and less time-consuming, according to the FSC....

Expert Analysis

The Stronger Super legislation will endow the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with greater powers, but ultimately, it will be a question of how those powers ar...

Expert Analysis

With many superannuation funds and financial institutions adding retirement incomes products to their offerings, Mike Taylor writes that new Metlife research urges a need...

Expert Analysis

There is much to recommend the core contents of the Government's Stronger Super policy initiative, but it falls far short of delivering the certainty many superannuation ...

Expert Analysis

The controversy which has surrounded MTAA Super, combined with recent events elsewhere in the superannuation industry, suggest the use-by date applying to traditional tru...

Expert Analysis

Auto-consolidation of superannuation accounts may be an admirable objective but it should not be pursued in the absence of member consultation and choice. ...

Superannuation

The merger with AustralianSuper will provide AGEST Super with strong membership growth, good cash inflows and scale efficiencies, according to AGEST chief executive Cath ...

Superannuation

The latest ASFA submission points to shortcomings in the design of the Government's proposed tax loss incentives for infrastructure....

Superannuation

The Government has unveiled the second tranche of its Stronger Super bill, which contains details about the new obligations of trustees as well as APRA's increased powers...

Superannuation

The industry super fund legalsuper has added a low-fee index investment option to help it prepare for the MySuper environment....

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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 ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 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 ago

Super funds had a “tremendous month” in November, according to new data....

3 days 16 hours ago

Australia faces a decade of deficits, with the sum of deficits over the next four years expected to overshoot forecasts by $21.8 billion....

3 days 22 hours ago

It seems the government is still determined to push through its controversial super tax legislation, according to its Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement released tod...

4 days 12 hours ago