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Post retirement
Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has reconfirmed that there is still a “significant disparity” between retirement incomes for men and wo...
SMSF
Self-managed superannuation funds have focused on offshore investments for diversification so far in 2018, increasing investments in international shares and ETFs....
Superannuation
As the world approaches the 10-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, ASFA finds that the diversified nature if super funds have stood members in good stead....
Superannuation
The Workplace Super Specialist Australia has told its national conference that existing employer funds should be included on recommended default superannuation fund lists...
Superannuation
Slater and Gordon has launched class actions following allegations arising from the Royal Commission, with CFS and AMP likely to be the first targets....
Insurance
The Royal Commission has heard of the issues which gave rise to ClearView closing its Direct business including ‘random incentive days’ and trips to Queenstown, New Zeala...
Post retirement
New research commissioned by ING has revealed that younger Australians believe they will need as much as $1.74 million each to fund a comfortable retirement....
Insurance
The Royal Commission has pointed to flaws and inconsistencies in the regulatory environment around life insurance, including that there is no penalty capable of being imp...
People and Products
Self-managed superannuation fund service and software provider SuperConcepts has appointed two industry veterans into senior business development roles....
SMSF
Market conditions are attractive for SMEs to acquire their own premises via their SMSFs, according to specialist commercial property lender, the Thinktank Group....
Funds management
Companies with resilient business models, strong cash flows and conservative approaches to debt will tough out the current emerging markets climate. ...
Superannuation
Super funds chasing alpha in their multi-manager equity portfolios need to tread cautiously to manage the impact of real-world implementation costs, according to a new re...
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 ...