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Superannuation

Super choice needs more than five minutes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
One of the emerging threats to Australian's retirement savings is the fact that one in three SME owners spend less than five minutes selecting their employee's default super fund.

Cbus launches employer contribution app

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Cbus and Link Group have developed a super contribution app for employers.

Super 2.0 must deliver retirement certainty: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
The Financial Services Council has urged both sides of government to work together to ensure the superannuation system is fit for purpose for the next generation.

SelectingSuper announces super fund of the year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
UniSuper was crowned the 2016 superannuation fund of the year at the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards in Melbourne this morning.

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Customer expectations have irrevocably shifted in the era of "service aggregation" and super funds ignore this at their peril, according to Telesign chief executive Aled Miles.

Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
The Federal Government's changes to the counting of reversionary pensions in the $1.6 million superannuation transfer balance cap have been welcomed across the industry.

Industry fund fights financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
HESTA is calling on the financial services industry to collectively combat financial exclusion with the fund being one of 12 organisations to commit to a Financial Inclusion Action Plan.

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Cbus has been working with Willis Towers Watson to assess how effectively the fund is doing their primary job: preparing members for retirement.

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer stressed the importance of "balancing the offering of insurance inside superannuation" in her speech at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference.

VicSuper highlights retirement struggles

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
More than 50% of Australians aged over 55 feel financially underprepared for retirement and 23% feel completely out of depth when thinking about retirement finances.