Cbus acts to inject more transparency and improved corporate governance....
The Government has heeded calls from the industry to provide capital gains tax rollover relief for merging superannuation funds, effective from 1 July 2012 to 1 July 2017...
Industry has warned the Government that the costs of tinkering with superannuation could far outweigh the benefits....
Forcing superannuation funds to disclose the "minute details" of each member's position would increase costs and confuse members, according to Financial Services Council ...
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have argued that director remuneration must be publicly disclosed....
SMSFs are not moving heavily into the direct residential property sector and instead opting for cash and equities as their dominant investment assets....
One of Australia’s regulators fears self-managed super funds could expose investors to inappropriate borrowing strategies, but doesn’t see a role for itself in guarding t...
MySuper funds now account for one fifth of the total superannuation pool but compulsory contributions have while discretionary contributions jumped rapidly...
FSC has responded to a repeated call by ISA to restrict the default funds under the MySuper system claiming it is protectionist behaviour that exploits a loop-hole in the...
Industry Super Australia has condemned the FSC’s proposal to take professional standards out of lawmakers hands and instead put the onus on a unified industry body. ...
The FSC has called for a new ASIC commissioner to look after international regulatory issues....
Shadow Treasurer, Chris Bowen flags comprehensive super policy for next election to generate a firm mandate....
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 ...