International Women’s Day: let’s focus on super inequities

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International Women’s Day provides an ideal opportunity to focus on the inequities women face in superannuation, and should motivate government and industry to address the issues, says SMSF Association CEO/Managing

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09 Mar 2016

SMSF Association draws line in sand on cutting concessional cap

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The SMSF Association strongly opposes any move to reduce the general concessional contribution cap from $30,000 to $20,000 a year as part of changing the superannuation tax mix in this

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04 Mar 2016

Super objectives critical ‘to stop short-term tinkering’

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Speculation that the poorly paid might be allowed to opt out of compulsory superannuation simply highlighted why it is critical to establish bipartisan agreement on the long-term objectives of superannuation,

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23 Feb 2016

Gender gap still exists for SMSF women trustees

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A new research study jointly released by Commonwealth Bank  and the SMSF Association has uncovered significant findings including differences between the behaviours and confidence levels of men and women SMSF trustees.

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16 Feb 2016

TES is ‘no basis’ to assess merits of super tax incentives

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Calls to cut superannuation tax incentives because of their reported size in the Tax Expenditure Statement (TES) are short-sighted and ignore the simplistic nature of these measurements, says SMSF Association

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04 Feb 2016

SMSFA supports choice of super fund legislation

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The SMSF Association has put its weight behind the Government’s proposed legislation to extend choice of superannuation fund, arguing it will increase consumer engagement, improve efficiency and help underpin a

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22 Jan 2016

ATO statistics give SMSF sector the thumbs up

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The latest set of ATO statistics on self-managed super funds (SMSFs) draw a glowing picture of health of the largest superannuation sector, says SMSF Association CEO/Managing Director Andrea Slattery. The

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12 Jan 2016

Super choice of fund, transparency legislation will ‘encourage’ engagement

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The Government’s draft legislation on superannuation choice of fund and transparency will increase people’s engagement with superannuation, says Andrea Slattery, CEO/Managing Director of the SMSF Association. “The Association is a

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16 Dec 2015

Push to model super tax concessions applauded

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A parliamentary committee recommendation that the Federal Treasury should model the long-term savings of superannuation tax concessions to Government via lower spending on the age pension has been warmly welcomed

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11 Dec 2015

SMSFA welcomes draft legislation to raise professional advice standards

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The Federal Government’s draft legislation to raise the professional standards of financial advisors is another important step down the path of giving Australians “quality” financial advice and to build consumer

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07 Dec 2015