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Superannuation
Challenger chief executive Brian Benari says the growing demand for reliable income streams is forcing both sides of politics to consider removing some of the existing im...
Superannuation
The Government needs to review age pension eligibility to ensure it is sustainable, according to the Financial Services Council....
Superannuation
Slower employment growth and a 0.2 per cent decline in wages during the September quarter has led to the first quarterly decline in employer contributions since December ...
Superannuation
AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds will leave her position to take on a new role as managing director for the UNPRI in London....
Superannuation
The Financial Services Council has released its superannuation governance policy enforcing an independent chair and majority independent directors for trustees who hold F...
Superannuation
Compulsory employer contributions have led to the strongest growth levels for APRA-regulated super funds contributions in the 2011-12 financial year....
Superannuation
Superannuation fees keep falling, according to the latest FSC/Rice Warner research....
Expert Analysis
A recent Super Review roundtable looked at the temptation faced by governments of using superannuation as a cash cow when running budget deficits....
Expert Analysis
With the Financial Services Council locked in litigation with the Fair Work Commission over default funds, Mike Taylor wonders whether the changes wrought via the Cooper ...
Expert Analysis
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 ...
Expert Analysis
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...
Expert Analysis
The recent rapprochement between the FSC and ISN has been welcomed in many quarters, but who is really best suited to speak for Australia’s not-for-profit super 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 ...