14 May 2012
ON APRIL 27, federal Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten announced draft remuneration disclosure rules aimed at bringing super fund trustees and senior executives in line with provisions that apply to publicly listed companies.
26 Apr 2012
AUSTRALIANS have always been urged to pay greater attention to their superannuation, regardless of their age or occupation.
23 Apr 2012
PEOPLE opening self-managed superannuation funds need to be aware of their legal obligations and requirements. The warning comes as new statistics from the Australian Taxation Office show a big jump in the number of workers shifting to SMSFs.
02 Apr 2012
AN AGED care provider is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to supporting people to live good lives as they age.
The ACH Group recently extended the benefit of employer contribution superannuation to its workers who are aged over 70 – ahead of legislation passed late last year that would see the age...
22 Mar 2012
THE Australian superannuation guarantee has officially been bumped up to 12% after the federal government passed the legislation earlier this week.
Peak body for the superannuation industry Association of Superannuation funds Australia hailed the historic passage of legislation through the Senate.
15 Mar 2012
WOMEN make up 46% of super fund members in Australia but are still heavily under-represented on fund trustee boards, new research reveals.
SelectingSuper’s research partner Rainmaker Information analysed the gender composition of hundreds of super funds to find that just 19% of trustees of not-for-profit funds were women.
24 Feb 2012
SUPER funds rallied 2.5% in January, recouping all the losses of the 2011 calendar year in a single month.
20 Jan 2012
I INTEND to purchase an investment property through my SMSF (without borrowing). Do I need a financial advisor to draw up an investment plan to support this purchase?
17 Jan 2012
IT WAS only at the end of last year that the biggest superannuation fund, AustralianSuper, announced yet another merger – this time with Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust.
16 Dec 2011
A SURVEY of global fund managers confirms many have lost their appetites for the stock market, with only three in 10 reporting a positive attitude towards equities, half as many as shown in a previous survey in September.
