APRA updates MySuper heatmap, Super fund underperformers, MTAA Super and Tasplan merger, Consultation to improve business communications
Set out below are all SuperGuide articles that relate to Super news.
Super news for December 2020
Rise in costs for retirees, APRA releases latest super statistics, Returns not the main driver for SMSF trustees, Financing ageing in place for older Australians, Financial advice boosts wealth and health
Key observations from the Retirement Income Review
It’s quite a challenge to succinctly summarise the 233,117 words of the Retirement Income Review, and the report itself will be dwarfed by the coverage it receives in the coming weeks, months and years.
Video: Industry experts respond to the Retirement Income Review
Tracey Spicer talks to industry experts, including Stephen Koukoulas, Andrew Boal and Brendan Coates about their takes on the Retirement Income Review.
Retirement Income Review finds 9.5% super is enough
The wisdom of increasing compulsory super next July is not the only reason the Retirement Income Review was eagerly anticipated, but it certainly added fuel to the fire.
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What matters is the home: Review finds most retirees well off, some very badly off
Most retired Australians are at least as well off in retirement as they were while working, but not all. The huge exception is retirees who do not own their own homes.
Retirement Income Review finds problems more super won’t solve
It would be a waste if the Friday’s mammoth Retirement Income Review was remembered only for its finding that increases in employers compulsory superannuation contributions come at the expense of wages.
Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super
The government’s much-anticipated Retirement Income Review has found that increases in employer’s compulsory superannuation contributions are financed by reductions in workers’ wage growth.
Super news for November 2020
Interest rate cuts will hurt retirees, Ground-breaking research on future advice, Missed or unpaid super, More workers support ESG factors, 2020 Shonky Awards results.
Video: Industry experts respond to the Federal Budget 2020
Tracey Spicer talks to industry experts, including Noel Whittaker, Stephen Huppert and Bina Brown as well as representatives of the FPA, SMSF Association, Super Consumers Australia and Women in Super about their take on the 2020 Federal Budget.
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Super news for October 2020
One-off super amnesty a success, Customers remain satisfied with super funds, Latest statistics for SMSFs, ASFA supports 40:40 Vision campaign, Early Release Scheme data, Cybersecurity matters more than ever.
2020 Federal Budget overview: Super, tax and related announcements
This year the headline announcements are the bringing forward of tax cuts already announced in the 2018 and 2019 Federal Budgets, but there are also some interesting announcements around superannuation.
This budget will only work if business and consumers play ball
This is an extraordinary giveaway budget, driven by desperate circumstances that would have been inconceivable less than a year ago. The debt and deficit numbers are predictably eye-watering – but the gamble is whether they are big enough.
Budget 2020: Frydenberg tells Australians, ‘we have your back’
Accelerated tax cuts, cash splashes for pensioners, massive incentives for business to invest and a subsidy to hire unemployed people are the centrepieces of the Morrison government’s COVID-19 budget.
The budget assumes a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available next year. Is this feasible?
The Australian federal budget, unveiled on Tuesday, bases several assumptions on Australians having access to a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021.