Superannuation
Opinion
Big four
The one player fuelling the $148b bank bonanza
The surge in bank shares this year has been truly enormous. But if booming profits aren’t driving the great bank share rally, what is?
- by Clancy Yeates
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I’m about to receive my inheritance. Will I have to pay tax on it?
Inheritances are given a generous tax treatment in Australia, but if you invest the money, that’s a different story.
- by Paul Benson
Opinion
Financial planning
This new law could transform your retirement, but the clock is ticking
How financial advice is delivered in Australia is likely to change for the better and there’s plenty to unpack here for the average person.
- by Bec Wilson
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Wayne Swan
Senate committee orders Wayne Swan to explain ‘discrepancies’
Cbus’ chair will be asked to clarify “gaping holes” in his testimony last week following the release of an independent inquiry examining corporate governance failures at the fund.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Opinion
The $160 billion problem with Australian SMSFs - and how to fix it
Self-managed superannuation funds in Australia are exhibiting a concerning trend in over-allocating to vulnerable assets such as shares and property.
- by Tim Keith
New class of financial advisers to ‘save people thousands’
Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones says the proposed changes will combat a “supply crisis” among financial advisers and make advice more affordable for millions.
- by Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
Controversial Cbus-CFMEU relationship did not improve member outcomes: report
The $94 billion superannuation giant has released the findings of the review it was ordered to undertake by the financial regulator - APRA - amid corporate governance concerns.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
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We just switched our super to an SMSF. How should we invest it?
Investing something as important as your life savings requires a great deal of careful thinking.
- by Paul Benson
Wayne Swan defends controversial CFMEU appointments to Cbus board
The super giant’s chairman was hauled before a Senate committee, where he was grilled over the governance failings engulfing the embattled fund.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Wayne Swan
Wayne Swan is ‘happy to be here’ at the Senate grilling he tried to avoid
He looked about as thrilled as Johnny Depp and Amber Herd in the 2016 “hostage video” delivered after they smuggled their dogs Pistol and Boo into Australia.
- by Matthew Knott
‘Why do you make it difficult?’: Big super in big trouble over delayed claims
Three decades after the Keating government set up the superannuation system, a large cohort of Australians is now seeking to claim their entitlements – and they’re not impressed.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey