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Expert Analysis

Will the Protecting Your Super package deliver on its goal of creating a more efficient, level playing field that should benefit members?...

Superannuation

Rice Warner has hit out at the Grattan Institute’s claim that raising the super guarantee to 12 per cent would cost the average worker $30,000 as “sensational”, listing s...

Post retirement

The stagnation of deeming for the last four years is under scrutiny as the Reserve Bank’s second interest rate cut means that some pensioners are now facing a one-third r...

Superannuation

The Morrison Government has proposed changes to the Protecting Your Super reforms that would see some of the concerns the superannuation industry had with the legislation...

Financial advice

As Australia enters a new financial year, there are several changes to be aware of which will affect areas such as super contribution and mortgages. ...

SMSF

Confusion reigns among self-managed super fund trustees, members and administrators about the upcoming SuperStream changes at the end of November, 2019. ...

Superannuation

Making her first official address as Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume has today confirmed that the Morrison Government intends to return to the Pr...

Superannuation

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has been urged identify the firms against which complaints are being made as well as their suppliers such as insurance compa...

Insurance

Members of a self-managed super fund who deliberately hold an APRA-regulated fund for life insurance are at risk of losing this benefit if they fail to act before legisla...

Insurance

Super funds could face legal problems once group insurance for inactive accounts is switched off on 1 July, as members who were unaware they were losing their cover may s...

Insurance

Australians are at risk of losing their life insurance cover when superannuation changes come into effect in July, as AIA Australia, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporati...

Superannuation

The Grattan Institute has stood by its position that the superannuation guarantee (SG) should remain at 9.5 per cent, saying that predictions of insufficient retirement i...

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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. ...

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Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

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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 ...

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Financial advice is having a significant impact on how Australians are engaging with the more complex aspects of their superannuation, new findings have shown. ...

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The professional body is calling for the annual performance test to transition to a two-metric test, so it better aligns with the overarching duty of super fund trustees ...

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