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A spike in electricity prices has made it harder for Australians to achieve a comfortable retirement, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said....

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The AIST has welcomed the passing of super reforms that allow CGT relief for merging super funds until the end of the MySuper transition period....

Superannuation

The majority of super fund members are not aware of MySuper or auto-consolidation, an Investment Trends and QSuper report has found....

Superannuation

Australian superannuation fund performance has reached its pre-global financial crisis (GFC) peak off the back of a strong September quarter, where the median balanced fu...

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has welcomed the Federal Government's changes to funding the SuperStream levy....

Superannuation

Industry bodies in submissions to Treasury have taken aim at the three-day performance standard and have cited numerous clarity issues with the exposure draft regulations...

Superannuation

Technology is allowing superannuation funds to make all investment decisions internally, including allocations to alternatives which can often have complex structures, sa...

Superannuation

Jeremy Cooper believes bolstering in-house investment capabilities is a natural evolution for superannuation funds....

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged Government not to meddle in super member's financial decisions by forcing all accrued default amount...

Superannuation

AIST has expressed concerns that a lack of tax considerations may complicate the Federal Government's proposal to create a trans-Tasman retirement savings portability pla...

Superannuation

Merging superannuation funds do not always achieve benefits of scale, according to FuturePlus managing director Madeline Dermatossian....

Superannuation

Jon Millin, executive director for fixed interest at Challenger Financial Services Group, says superannuation funds can fill a gap in the medium-term funding market....

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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. ...

1 year 10 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 10 months ago
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 ...

1 year 10 months ago

Widespread member disengagement is having a detrimental impact on retirement confidence, AMP research has found....

5 hours ago

Economists have warned inflation risks remain elevated even as the RBA signals policy is sitting near neutral after its latest hold....

5 hours 27 minutes ago

Introducing a cooling off period in the process of switching super funds or moving money out of the sector could mitigate the potential loss to fraudulent behaviour, the ...

5 hours ago