Boost your super covers how much your employer must pay into your superannuation fund, how much you can contribute, the tax-free bonus the Government gives you, contribution strategies and everything you need to know about making personal superannuation contributions.
Boost your super also has special sections on Superannuation Guarantee (SG), Co-contributions and Salary Sacrifice
As previously flagged in SuperGuide, the contributions caps for concessional (before tax) and non-concessional (after tax) contributions will increase for the 2014/2015 year , as a result of indexation. Concessional contributions Concessional contributions include your employer’s compulsory … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund lost 0.9% in value for the month of January, but gained 8.4% for the 7 months to January 2014, and gained 13.1% for the 12 months to January 2014, according to rating company Chant West. Performance tables for the 5 main investment options offered by super funds … [Read more...]
Just under a quarter of the 5.5 million baby boomers in Australia believe that they will need to work into their eighties because they don’t have enough money to finance a work-free retirement, according to research conducted by Suncorp Superannuation. The Suncorp Superannuation’s research … [Read more...]
Each year, the superannuation regulator releases the latest performance data on the largest 200 superannuation funds in Australia. In January 2014, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) published its fourth annual report into the investment performance of Australia’s super funds … [Read more...]
More good news for Australian fund members, and for Australian super funds! The investment performance results for the 2013 calendar year (1 January to 31 December 2013) are the best returns in 20 years, according to rating company Chant West. The median return for a growth investment option … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund gained 17.5% in value for the 12 months to December 2013, with international shares and Australian shares being the stand-out asset classes, according to rating company Chant West. The median return of 17.5% is the best performance for the past 20 calendar … [Read more...]
Australian and international shares delivered the biggest returns for the 2013 calendar year (1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013), according to Warren Chant of rating company, Chant West. In the table appearing later in the article, Chant West lists the investment performance of 13 asset classes, … [Read more...]
Note: Every year we update this article with the latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on the performance of Australia’s largest 200 super funds. This article contains information about the fund performance data for the year ended 30 June 2013 (the latest data … [Read more...]
Note: Each year, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority releases performance data on the largest 200 super funds in Australia. The latest report was released on 8 January 2014, providing detailed performance data for the 2012/2013 financial year. This article provides some of the highlights … [Read more...]
The median superannuation growth fund gained 0.8% in value for the month of November, and 15.6% for the 11 months to November 2013, according to rating company Chant West. Performance tables for the 5 main investment options offered by super funds are set out later in this article. The increase … [Read more...]
