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Post retirement

The stagnation of deeming for the last four years is under scrutiny as the Reserve Bank’s second interest rate cut means that some pensioners are now facing a one-third r...

Insurance

Industry superannuation funds body, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has described the Government’s reintroduced legislation impacting insurance inside...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds have been asked to consult on new Government legislation aimed at ending the anomaly around the concessional tax treatment of job redundancy pay-outs...

Expert Analysis

Customer data has a chequered history of misuse, inaccuracies and poor oversight, but in a post-Hayne world, managing and protecting customer data is more important than ...

Superannuation

SuperConcepts has launched a campaign for Parliament to enshrine the objective of the super system, calling for both a legislated definition and a mechanism to ensure it’...

Superannuation

The Morrison Government has proposed changes to the Protecting Your Super reforms that would see some of the concerns the superannuation industry had with the legislation...

Superannuation

According to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority just because a superannuation fund member implements an investment strategy decision, doesn’t mean the account...

Financial advice

As Australia enters a new financial year, there are several changes to be aware of which will affect areas such as super contribution and mortgages. ...

Superannuation

A beleaguered AMP Super is facing another class action, with Slater and Gordon yesterday filing a legal action on behalf of more than two million Australians....

SMSF

Confusion reigns among self-managed super fund trustees, members and administrators about the upcoming SuperStream changes at the end of November, 2019. ...

Insurance

As 1 July quickly approaches, consumer interest groups are campaigning hard to remind super fund members with inactive accounts that this is their last week to preserve t...

Superannuation

ASIC is reminding product issuers that as part of their implementation of Protecting Your Super Package, they need to take care that, from 1 July 2019, Product Disclosure...

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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. ...

11 months 2 weeks ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

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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 ...

11 months 3 weeks ago

While Australian super funds continue to generate impressive long-term returns, the volatility of those returns has put the spotlight on the impact of fees and costs, a n...

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Economic growth was weaker than expected, once again highlighting an economy largely sustained by population growth and government spending....

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The superannuation industry is widely supportive of the government’s update on DBFO, after it was revealed funds would have two options for charging fees for the advice p...

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