Super fees still too high, but change is on the horizon: Research
Superannuation fees can add up to a huge long-term expenditure, costing Australians with modest super balances thousands of dollars a year. But costs may start...
Super tax break costs misrepresented: Mercer
The idea that superannuation tax concessions are costing the government more than the Age Pension is based on bad analysis, according to Mercer, which found...
Shifting sands of super pitch investment bonds as a viable alternative
The new $3 million superannuation cap is a reminder that the system will never stand still, and diversification options like investment bonds will always be...
'Too big an issue': Levy questions whether super funds can handle advice expansion role
If super funds can't implement the retirement income covenant's mandate to provide retirement guidance, the review lead pointed out, how are they going to...
The 'safer sandbox': Government doubles down on super path to increased advice access
The minister is putting his financial advice eggs in the superannuation basket, with dramatic changes to the existing intrafund advice models being considered....
Orwellian doublespeak and the great 'retire rich' lie
Breaking superannuation into three different funding models may not be the right answer, but at least it cuts through the fallacy at the heart of our...
'Neither simple nor fair': Super stakeholders push back over unrealised gains hurdle
While the move to tax superannuation balances above $3 million at a higher rate would affect only a handful of people at first, if the threshold is not indexed...
Budget delivers cost-of-living relief and surplus, but super tax provisions draw industry ire
The federal government plans to use part of the $4.2 billion projected budget surplus to provide cost-of-living relief for Australian households and small...
Super fund satisfaction levels drop as market volatility bites
Australians across the board are less satisfied with their superannuation funds than they were a year ago, a new report from Roy Morgan showed, with share...
Super caps: Keep calm and carry on (for now)
The Treasurer's plan to limit concessional tax treatment within super at $3M comes without a lot of the details required for effective retirement planning....
Super's purpose is preservation, not solving other problems: Jones
Speaking at the SMSF Association's National Conference, the assistant treasurer called out "modern-day Edmund Hillarys" seeking to raid Australia's "Mount...