While there are plenty of economists and commentators questioning the cost of providing superannuation tax concessions, too few seem to have actually considered what woul...
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 ...
It will not be lost on many of those attending this month’s CMSF on the Gold Coast that they are doing so for the first time in seven years with a Coalition Government si...
Many industry fund executives remain deeply suspicious of the reasons behind the rise and rise of SMSFs, but their focus might be better directed towards better understan...
The Federal Government’s early April policy announcement bore all the hallmarks of a hurried stopgap....
Superannuation issues may have dominated political discussion in the early months of 2013, but there will be few industry forums at which to discuss the major issues befo...
While recent suggestions that SMSFs are a passing fad currently seem farfetched, there are questions surrounding their appropriateness for some clients that need answerin...
The priority for the Government should be improving superannuation, not creating further uncertainty by canvassing further taxes and changes....
It is time to leave superannuation's industrial past behind and focus on the best interests of members....
Our politicians and regulators – particularly the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority – need to finally accept the failures associated with the collapse of Trio Ca...
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...
CSSA has appealed to the Government to clarify the implementation of grandfathering for corporate superannuation funds. ...
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 ...