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The Financial Services Council has announced two major initiatives to improve outcomes for life/risk consumers, including extending the practice code to cover superannuat...
SMSF
The SMSF Association has slammed the Productivity Commission’s (PC’s) findings on the cost effectiveness of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) as based on “fundamentally fl...
Financial advice
Industry superannuation fund body, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, has told the Australian Financial Complaints Authority that super fund monies shou...
Superannuation
Australian Catholic Superannuation has appointed Frontier Advisors as its asset consultant, taking over from Willis Towers Watson, effective immediately....
Superannuation
The Grattan Institute has countered claims that the Government’s Budget changes to insurance inside superannuation will increase group insurance premiums, asserting they ...
Superannuation
The Association of Financial Advisers has warned the Productivity Commission it is placing at risk historical special deals struck between employers and superannuation fu...
SMSF
As Westpac announces it won’t offer self-managed superannuation funds loans for new consumer or business lending, RiskWise warns that buying property with super is ‘an ac...
Superannuation
Superannuation fund members can look forward to the second half of 2018, with SuperRatings predicting an improvement in fund returns after a volatile start to the year....
Superannuation
The 2017/18 financial year was another strong one for super funds, with the median growth fund returning 9.2 per cent in a ninth consecutive positive year, data from Chan...
Superannuation
Members of not-for-profit superannuation funds should be responsible for appointing board members in circumstances where union and employer appointees can be perceived as...
SMSF
As self-managed super fund trustees continue their hunt for yield, quality mortgage loans are finding growing appeal within the sector, according to commercial property l...
Superannuation
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has said that Australia has one of the best retirement savings systems in the world, hitting out at “misleading analy...
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 ...