Superannuation News

The latest superannuation news and tips

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Which Aussie postcodes have the most lost super?

Billions of dollars in superannuation are going unclaimed by their rightful owners, and the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has released which postcodes are missing out on the most money for retirement.

Superannuation

21 Sep, 2017

3 min read

Which Aussie postcodes have the most lost super?

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

Super priorities require rethink

Industry Super Australia (ISA) has called for the government to get its priorities straight and fix the superannuation system’s grassroots issues rather than revising governance models in favour of bank-owned super funds.

Superannuation

13 Sep, 2017

2 min read

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Federal Government must boost the superannuation accounts of low income earners'

The Women in Super (WIS) Make Super Fair campaign has called for the Federal Government to act on the crisis of retirement outcomes for women.

Superannuation

12 Sep, 2017

3 min read

Federal Government must boost the superannuation accounts of low income earners'

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Most popular Australian retirement regions revealed

Australia’s most popular council areas for over-65s have been revealed by CoreLogic and a large number are in regional coastal areas.

Superannuation

06 Sep, 2017

2 min read

Most popular Australian retirement regions revealed

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Many older workers facing difficult retirement

About two in five of Australia’s baby boomers are set to retire with worryingly low levels of superannuation, new research has found.

Superannuation

30 Aug, 2017

2 min read

Many older workers facing difficult retirement

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

ASIC makes super fees more transparent

There’s about to be a change in the way superannuation and managed investment funds disclose their fees and charges.

Superannuation

29 Aug, 2017

1 min read

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Financial complaints body given expert assistance

Australia is one step closer to getting a new one-stop-shop dispute resolution scheme for financial and superannuation disputes.

Superannuation

25 Aug, 2017

1 min read

Financial complaints body given expert assistance

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Superannuation savings keep expanding

Australia’s pool of retirement savings grew by 10 per cent during the last financial year, according to the superannuation regulator.

Superannuation

23 Aug, 2017

2 min read

Mark Bristow

Personal Finance Editor

More Aussies worried about retirement

A growing number of Australians are feeling less secure about their financial future, believing that their retirement will see them with too much debt and not enough savings.

Superannuation

07 Aug, 2017

2 min read

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Many Indigenous people' missing out on superannuation

The Indigenous Superannuation Working Group (ISWG) have released a statement calling for the end of the $450 monthly income threshold.

Superannuation

27 Jul, 2017

3 min read

Many Indigenous people' missing out on superannuation

Nick Bendel

Property & Personal Finance Writer

Govt aims to improve super system

The federal government has unveiled superannuation reforms that would make funds more accountable and increase penalties for rogue directors.

Superannuation

25 Jul, 2017

3 min read

Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Australia's superannuation system is failing women

The Australian Services Union (ASU) have released their findings from two surveys about retirement security, and they believe the results show that Australia’s compulsory superannuation system is “failing women”.

Superannuation

21 Jul, 2017

3 min read