The top end of the SMSF spectrum is likely to be hit with some eye-watering bills, but a super balance in excess of $1.5 billion is exactly the type of situation the gove...
Op-Ed The Labor government remains steadfast in the face of opposition to its controversial $3 million super tax; however, some of the critics might be making the Treasur...
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg and Treasurer Jim Chalmers are at odds over whether federal politicians covered under the pre-2004 defined pension scheme would be captured i...
Following allegations by an adviser that Vision Super refused to work with his offshore assistant due their “non-Australian” accent, the fund has defended its position, w...
The Prime Minister has announced his new ministry, including the replacement for the newly retired Stephen Jones....
Advice licensee Centrepoint Alliance has entered an agreement to acquire the comprehensive financial advice book of the super fund’s subsidiary firm....
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has vowed to slash red tape and introduce a suite of financial services reforms aimed at transforming Australia into a leading financial hub...
SQM Research has placed the private credit sector on watch amid growing concerns over governance and transparency issues, as well as recent regulatory scrutiny from ASIC ...
ASFA’s CEO called Joe Longo’s comments on super “unfounded and unfair”, after the ASIC chair said fund trustees don’t always “know their business”....
The country’s fourth-largest fund is targeting the “missing middle” of members with a new digital advice service in partnership with Ignition Advice....
Australia’s corporate regulator has been told it must quickly modernise its oversight of private markets, after being caught off guard by the complexity, size, and opacit...
ASIC chair Joe Longo has delivered a blunt warning to superannuation trustees, cautioning that board-level ignorance of member complaints and internal failings will not b...
ART has cautioned regulators against imposing overlapping obligations on superannuation funds already operating under APRA’s comprehensive framework, saying that addition...
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 ...