New APRA performance benchmark gives super funds greater choice in infrastructure assets

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Maple-Brown Abbott welcomes Treasury’s decision to adjust the Australian and international listed infrastructure APRA performance benchmark[1], agreeing that the adjusted benchmark better represents the asset class and provides superannuation funds with greater... Read more continue reading

Carry-forward concessional superannuation contributions

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Being able to carry forward unused annual Concessional Contributions (CCs) cap amounts since 2018-19 provides some much-welcomed planning opportunities, especially in this environment where the annual CC cap is historically... Read more continue reading

Super fund performance remains strong despite market uncertainty

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Stubbornly high inflation and a return to tightening monetary policy by the Reserve Bank of Australia has led to persistent uncertainty in markets over the past year. Superannuation fund returns... Read more continue reading

Super facts to support your client conversations

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By the end of 2022, Australians had amassed $3.4 trillion in superannuation assets[1]. As a greater number of Australians join funds, the rules that govern contributions, tax, super caps and... Read more continue reading

Super funds closing in on a healthy financial year result

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Super funds posted another solid return in April with the median growth fund (61 to 80% in growth assets) up 1.2% over the month. That propelled the return for the... Read more continue reading

Majority of Australians fear they don’t have enough for retirement  

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Despite the compulsory superannuation guarantee being over 30 years old in Australia, a worrying majority of Australians (2 in 3) fear they will not have sufficient financial resources to retire,... Read more continue reading

Your Future Your Super reforms still on the wrong track

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Despite some helpful tweaks to the proposed format of the Your Future Your Super performance test to make it fairer and reduce some unintended consequences, more changes are needed, says Chant... Read more continue reading

Higher income limits for Seniors Health Care

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The legislation to significantly increase the cut-off limit for entitlement to the Seniors Health Care has been enacted.  Now the relevant cut-off limits are $90,000 for a single (previously $61,284)... Read more continue reading

A smooth transition to retirement

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Over the coming years, 5.5 million people born between 1946 and 1964 will retire, increasing the demand for retirement advice. This article, sponsored by Russell Investments, discusses the importance of... Read more continue reading

Life insurance critical to objective of super

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The protection of life insurance is part of the promise of superannuation. MLC Life Insurance has made the case for group insurance in a submission to the Australian Government’s consultation... Read more continue reading