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Barefoot Investor boosts Rest indexed options demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... Australia's NSW State Conference yesterday. The three indexed options, which do not charge investment fees, offer Australian shares, overseas shares or a balanced option. More than half (56%) of the members who selected the indexed options were prompted ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... fight on our hands to protect SMSFs and your prosperity. Labor's $45 billion retiree tax will hit hard-working Australian retirees who have done the right thing and saves for their retirement."

Government amends key super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... passed without amendment. In discussing the first half of the new Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures Bill, Robert confirmed the government will amend the Bill to extend the outcomes test to choice products as well ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... when super should be paid," there is no official guidance on how default funds should be chosen. He told the recent Australian Payroll Association Conference in Melbourne last week that employers aren't superannuation experts or financial advisers ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... provided with a simple checklist to employ when considering recommending a self-managed superannuation fund to clients. Australian Financial Complaints Authority lead ombudsman - superannuation, June Smith reinforced the importance of quality advice ...

Superannuation ripe for blockchain

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... optimism, Lusty is adamant the technology needs to mature before the fruits of its potential are truly realised. So far, Australian super funds haven't partnered with Bravura to take the plunge on the fledgling technology. This is an abstract of ...

Don't use multiple SMSFs to dodge tax: ATO

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Self-managed super fund trustees are using multiple SMSFs to manipulate tax outcomes, Australian Taxation Office deputy commissioner superannuation James O'Halloran said in his speech to the National SMSF Conference in Melbourne. The ATO believes 13,600 ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... back-flip on breakfast television earlier in the day. Speaking at the 2018 Super Investment Conference in Cairns yesterday, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the AIST was relieved to see some common ...

Trustees caught in a balancing act

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
The financial services Royal Commission exposed substantial breaches of fiduciary duties that show superannuation trustees have to lift their game and improve governance standards, a legal expert says. Holding Redlich partner Paul Faure told the AIST ...

No time for complacency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... "damning" preliminary findings into the retail super sector but can't afford to be complacent, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Kicking off the 2018 Super Investment Conference in Cairns this morning, AIST chief executive ...