australian superannuation industry

SMSF

Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) should be compelled to put some money into the country's infrastructure assets, according to the chair of retirement income at Challenger...

Financial advice

ASFA chairman calls on industry to get its house in order or risk having it done by outside forces....

Financial advice

Towers Watson has welcomed reforms to the tax treatment of deferred lifetime annuities but say further reforms are necessary to encourage members to take-up DLAs as longe...

Financial advice

Administrators brace for more complexity from Federal Budget amid warnings from Towers Watson....

Superannuation

Mike Taylor writes that the FSI final report has focused heavily on superannuation but, ultimately, broken little new ground in suggesting improvements for the future. ...

Superannuation

2013 represented a year of challenges for the Australian superannuation industry but, as Damon Taylor writes, the new year will see funds working hard to not only ensure ...

Superannuation

Damon Taylor writes that 2012 has proved to be a particularly busy year for the Australian superannuation industry – and one during which many funds found themselves tryi...

Superannuation

Custodians are sometimes out of sight and out of mind, but as Damon Taylor writes, recent events have reinforced the vital role they play in the Australian superannuation...

Superannuation

As the Government implements its Stronger Super policy and in particular MySuper, superannuation trustees are reviewing their insurance offerings. As Damon Taylor reports...

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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. ...

4 months 4 weeks ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

5 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 ...

5 months ago

Iress has issued an update denying the validity of “certain statements” made today by an alleged threat actor....

33 minutes 7 seconds ago

The research house has offered a silver lining after super fund returns saw the end of a five-month streak last month....

1 day ago

A survey of almost 6,000 fund members has identified weakening retirement confidence, particularly among those under 55 years of age, signalling an opportunity for super ...

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