Lawyers are investigating a potential class action lawsuit against two collapsed super funds, saying Aussies could lose more than $1bn in superannuation.
Alexandra Feiam
The numbers don’t lie! In a nutshell, women need to survive longer on an income that is less than they need . . . using a system that is stacked against them. There’s a very simple fix, so why don’t we do it?
Nick Bruining
The looming tax on superannuation balances over $3 million might not affect many, but strategies used to reduce its impact could have benefits for any couple with a fund imbalance.
Q+A: Just outside Centrelink’s asset test threshold to be eligible for a part pension? Bummer. Here’s the tricks you need to sneak in under the wire and start collecting a fortnightly payment.
A median growth superannuation fund posted a return of 10.5 per cent last financial year, taking their three-year performance to over 30 per cent.
Derek Rose
Q+A: Am I better off drawing a lump sum each year from the super fund, or transferring the money to a RI allocated pension — which converts super into a regular income — and then drawing from this account?
This change has the potential to affect how much you can contribute to super and how much ends up being completely tax free in retirement.
First Guardian owes mainly superannuation investors $442 million, but they’ve been warned to expect ‘considerably’ less.
Sean Smith
The top funds in the $4.1 trillion super industry are eyeing opportunities beyond the US, saying stock valuations there look stretched and President Donald Trump’s policies are increasing volatility.
Amy Bainbridge and Richard Henderson
One such piece on super appeared in another media stable recently. The piece was claiming super is an easy-to-understand system, where ‘payments . . . are set-and-forget’, with rules a ‘walk in the park’.
Bruce Brammall
SuperRatings says the median balanced fund - one with between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of balances exposed to shares and other growth assets - returned 10.1 per cent in the year to June 30.
From today, Australian workers get a final boost to their mandatory retirement contributions - a key milestone for the country’s $4.1 trillion pension system.
Amy Bainbridge
The start of a new financial year will usher in a raft of tax and superannuation changes, with almost every Australian affected one way or another. Here’s what changes from midnight.
Q+A: The quirks of the Centrelink system can be summed up here. A couple on a full age pension can sell their home for $1.2m, bank $48,000 a year in interest, AND get $400 a month in rental assistance.
The Trump administration says it won't pursue a contentious tax targeting foreign investors, after being lobbied by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and super funds.
Jacob Shteyman
If you’re hoping to draw a line under your working life soon but have yet to run the numbers on how much money you’re likely to splash about each year in retirement, rest easy. We’ve got the numbers you need.
Daniel Newell
With compulsory superannuation about to reach its maximum level of 12 per cent next week, it’s time for an untainted and de-politicised look at your grandkids’ retirement.
With just a week to go until the start of the new financial year, now is the time to tweak your superannuation settings. Here’s what you need to do right now ...
DEBTMAN: A week today is June 30. There are certain things you can do right up until the last day. And some things you can’t. Here’s why you don’t want to wait, particularly if you’re a high-income earner.
Q+A: Got an inheritance coming your way but worried it will affect your Centrelink age pension? Here are the hints and tips you need to beat the system ... and also boost your superannuation.
Australians are tipped to be hundreds of thousands better off in retirement thanks to one change starting five years ago.
Cameron Micallef
Corporate watchdog chairman Joe Longo has warned of potential risks to superannuation savings after finding evidence of “grubby behaviour” in the booming private credit sector.
Neale Prior
A major change to the superannuation sector starting from July 1 is set to help millions of Aussies achieve a ‘dignified’ retirement.
How Australians truly feel about Labor’s proposed “rich tax” has been revealed in a new poll, and the results may surprise you.
Robert White
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