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ATO toasts the "SMSF class of 2012"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
As part of the release of its annual SMSF statistics, the ATO looked at the performance of the SMSF sector through the lens of funds established five years ago and asked: where are they now? There were 36,160 SMSFs lodged in the 2012 financial year. ...

SMSF members want overseas restrictions lifted

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Australians temporarily living overseas are compelled to switch their self-managed superannuation to an APRA-regulated fund and this becomes a costly and cumbersome exercise. The SMSF Association is calling on the Federal Government to lift these restrictions. ...

Super needs greater oversight from APRA: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
APRA should have greater powers to control and intervene in the superannuation industry, the latest spot poll results shows. More than half (58%) of respondents said APRA should have increased powers to improve board governance and risk management practices ...

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The financial advice industry shelled out $37 million in FY17 to 2200 clients that suffered financially from bad advice, according to ASIC. The regulator completed 227 "high-intensity surveillances" of financial advisers and banned a total of 35 "bad ...

SuperStream ushers in digital era

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Ninety-five per cent of all superannuation payments between employers and the Australian Taxation Office are being performed digitally, five years after the roll out of SuperStream. The move to digital, which involved the co-operation of 200 APRA funds ...

Super FUM up 10pct to $2.3tn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Superannuation savings climbed 10% in 2016-17 to reach $2.3 trillion, with performance income accounting for almost all the flows, according to figures released by APRA this week. Within segments, not-for-profit (NFP) funds climbed 12% to $983 billion ...

Super reforms will drive advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
The complex and ongoing changes to superannuation will drive individuals to seek advice, IOOF head of technical services Martin Breckon says. Breckon, who was recently appointed to the role, said he welcomed the government's superannuation reforms and ...

Super funds should reassess view of balances: Challenger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... million Australians aged 15 or over at the time...Instead of a balance of $42,000 (the average member balance in an APRA fund), ATO data shows that the average consolidated account balance is $108,000." Challenger highlights that superannuation is going ...

QSuper calms super raid fears

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
QSuper has reiterated the Queensland budget is not drawing from the superannuation fund's money to reduce government debt and invest in infrastructure. Among the budget aftermath QSuper chief executive Michael Pennisi explained that a government proposal ...

New super data adds more disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The first wave of new superannuation data collected and distributed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) can only add to debate around disclosure rules for super funds. APRA's annual superannuation bulletin now has data that includes ...