FOFA

Superannuation

Australia has such a strong superannuation system that the country has no need for a sovereign wealth fund, according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard. ...

Superannuation

A 12 per cent superannuation guarantee (SG) is a good "staging point", but individuals need to save closer to 20 per cent of their income to meet their retirement needs, ...

Superannuation

Multiple government industry reviews and consolidation in the financial advice and super fund industry is going to trigger impossible demands for change that the industry...

Superannuation

A partnership between Asteron and Colonial First State means clients will be able to continue to pay for life insurance through their superannuation, even if Future of Fi...

Superannuation

The Government is increasingly viewing regulated superannuation funds as a 'honey pot', and industry associations are fighting the further use of members' accounts to fun...

Superannuation

Changes to the superannuation tax regime for low-income earners have been warmly welcomed by industry bodies, which claim it will be a positive move to make the system mo...

Superannuation

Providers of superannuation products will have one year to reduce the size of their product disclosure statements (PDSs) to eight pages, under a new proposal by the Gover...

Superannuation

The Federal Government has made a move to ban all risk commissions within superannuation in what it says is an effort to put consumers first....

Superannuation

The Cooper Review, FOFA, tax summit and Budget mean 2011 will be bigger than 2010 for the superannuation industry in terms of advocacy....

Superannuation

Louise du Pre-Alba has been appointed the director of policy at ASFA....

Superannuation

The new Labor Government will probably implement Jeremy Cooper’s SuperStream proposal but an increase in the superannuation guarantee (SG) now looks very unlikely, accord...

Financial advice

The Federal Government's latest round of reforms on financial advice have received largely positive reactions from the superannuation sector, but only time will tell as t...

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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 ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

4 months 1 week 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 ...

4 months 1 week ago

Blue Owl Capital, a US asset manager with its eye on ‘marquee investors’ like super funds, has announced the appointment of a senior Future Fund executive as its newest m...

1 day 11 hours ago

Australia’s second-largest super fund has confirmed it is expanding its presence in the UK following significant investment in the region....

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While the Financial Advice Association Australia said it supports a performance testing regime “in principle”, it holds reservations about expanding this scope to retirem...

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