Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is facing some pointed questioning from super fund executives about...

An Australian Institute research paper has sought to debunk the arguments of those opposing lifting the...

The chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James Shipton has declared the regulator treats...

Millions of industry super fund members will benefit from more savings under multiple accounts clean up, according...

Returns have been significantly better than expected at the start of the year and October returns benefited from...

The stake will allow the BNP Paribas Group subsidiary to expand and digitise its services to private capital...

The fund is now the only major not-for-profit fund that does not allow members early access to super on grounds of...

Super fund trustees should look at how each heatmap metric could be incorporated into the fund’s member outcomes...

Data from the Australian Tax Office showed it had consolidated over $4.4 billion in active, lost and unclaimed...

As returns diminish, despite costs being the same, risk premia strategies may no longer always be justified to run...

Senator Jane Hume has sought to dispel myths and excuses trustees have used to avoid merging.

APRA’s heatmap will include four investment performance measures that reflect the level of growth or defensive...

The Government would be well-advised focusing on Age Pension taper rates rather than superannuation within its...

In a bid to lift regulatory burden on super funds the two regulators are looking to share data for areas of common...

Less than a quarter of trustees are ‘very confident’ they can deliver their member outcomes assessment on time, a...

Super funds are expected to have a positive start in the December quarter and deliver double-digit returns for the...

The retirement income review’s model will be able to dispel the contagious false narratives such as spiralling...

Retiree fund members would benefit twice as much if super funds cleaned up implementation leakages, according to...

Only two industry superannuation funds have been served with Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

Costs for retired couples at both comfortable and modest levels up 1.5%, according to ASFA.

The ‘rule of thumb’ could help guide retirees to establish how much they need to drawdown from their...

A superannuation fund has found itself in the Federal Court over Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

The history of superannuation in Queensland is such that the attitude of the State Government will be important to...

Unnecessarily complex investment menus could lead to smaller pools of investable assets, and too much choice for...

The industry super funds have completed their merger, combining Hostplus’ 1.2 million members and $45 billion...

The Government has failed to deliver the necessary legislation and regulation to compel superannuation funds to...

The gender gap in superannuation improved during September and has a current growth rate of 3.06%, according to...

The SA-based industry superannuation fund has an employee satisfaction rate of 78% thanks to flexible working...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has declared that while it will accept feedback it has no intention...

Accountants and other industry participants have welcomed the closure of the loophole which allowed unscrupulous...

Local Government Super has appointed its first independent chair and first female independent director.

One of the founders of Australia’s superannuation system says it’s not the system that needs to be fixed, but...

The super industry needs to evolve its transactional functions to be fully automated to provide super members...

It is no longer enough to talk about process when it comes to how super funds are reporting their societal...

Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called on policymakers to implement a ‘default once’...

The Tasmanian-based industry super fund pointed to its agile approach to change and commitment to implementing...

New analysis from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has revealed that close to half a million...

Appropriate and cost-effective advice is crucial to helping retirees navigate means-testing and the efficacy of...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s SMSF factsheet contains ‘an array of seemingly deliberate...

While the country’s retirement system needs better integration between the Age Pension and superannuation it ranks...

SMSF members are saving well above the comfortable retirement standards, according to Accurium.

Super funds should tailor their portfolios for pension phase investors to take advantage of after-tax alpha.

Equip and Catholic Super are ‘getting on with it’ when it comes to merging and is encouraging other funds to merge...

The median growth fund returned 2% for the September quarter, according to Chant West.

First State Super is one of 30 firms that have joined a UN alliance in a bid to deliver Sustainable Development...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is more focused on getting rid of the superannuation industry...

Women in Super has called for women to be included in the Government’s Retirement Income Review.

Running a SMSF is $8,900 cheaper than what ASIC believes, according to the SMSF Association.

Research from the Thinking Ahead Institute showed the future of defined contributions systems are crucial in the...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has identified eight red flags which would make it ‘extremely...