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ISA calls out pre-Budget arguments on contribution caps

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... pre-Budget arguments that call for voluntary contribution caps to remain at current levels and allow Australians to make superannuation "catch-up" payments. Australian Tax Office (ATO) data analysed by ISA shows the catch-up contributions that attract ...

SMSF Association implores Govt not to reduce contribution caps

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... in retirement." She added: "The research clearly shows there is strong increase in SMSF member contributions to superannuation after entering their 50s and then through to their early 70s. Without sufficient contribution caps to allow people to make ...

KPMG targets super to fix deficit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Superannuation tax concessions should be reduced to fix Australia's ballooning structural deficit, according to global audit, tax and advisory services provider KPMG. The company has specifically recommended that the annual income threshold at which ...

Boomers surprisingly open to fair super tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... the Turnbull government's crucial first budget, which is widely expected to call for changes to the taxation of superannuation. Chief among the findings was that 48% of respondents support Labor's plan to lower the upper limit for concessional tax from ...

Trust in financial advice falling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... this figure had nearly doubled to 28%. The research also revealed that the number of Australians making voluntary superannuation contributions fell between 2013 and 2015, particularly from Gen X (-9%) and Baby Boomers (-3%). Gen Y emerged as the generation ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
More than 16,000 New South Wales police officers will directly benefit from one of the federal government's superannuation measures to be announced in Tuesday's budget. Both federal and NSW governments have agreed to share the costs of an arrangement ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
A reduction in concessional contribution caps for middle-income superannuation members would hurt Australia's budget long-term, bear an increased cost to taxpayers, and not align with super's objective. This is the final message from the Financial Services ...

Australians short-changing themselves with cash bias

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
Too many Australians are prioritising term deposits and high interest savings accounts over superannuation, according to the BT Australian Financial Health Index. The survey revealed that 40% of respondents preferred cash-type investments, followed ...

XPLAN named best app

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... applications by offering the ability to support the new generation of multi-advice applications. Decimal was awarded best superannuation scaled advice application for its superannuation intra-fund advice technology, with Infocus Platformplus awarded ...

Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Superannuation services giant Pillar Administration has leapt in to blockchain with a view to address many of the technology inefficiencies in the $2 trillion super industry. At an internal super summit in Wollongong yesterday, Pillar chief executive ...