Tag: superannuation

Regardless of government incentives, not many businesses will be committing to capital expenditure during this time. There are measures to be implemented that will safeguard the livelihood of Australian small businesses.

Australia’s first independent, employee choice-of-fund platform, Roll-it Super, has announced its pilot launch, with plans to shake-up Australia’s employer nominated (default) superannuation sector and awaken employers and employees to the critical role super fund selection plays in our financial futures.

There has also been an increase in the number of divorces for marriages that have exceeded 20 years or more. This statistic is troublesome as in such instances the assets to be divided are often greater and more complex in nature.

A new Australian financial tech start-up, that has recently launched, has set out to help consumers stop bleeding thousands of dollars year in year...

Researchers from CSIRO and Monash University in Melbourne are joining hands to bring real insights on whether or not baby boomers burn through their super funds, and much more on the corpus worth $1.6 trillion, and still growing.

Too many Australians are not engaged in their retirement planning. Research demonstrates many lack a basic understanding of superannuation, and consequently will not have...

The insurance company designed with women in mind “Million Dollar Woman” is urging Australian business mums who stay at home to take care of their children to not neglect their superannuation contributions. The company has also launched three strategies to maximise their contributions.

In this interview, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten reaffirms the Government’s vision for encouraging greater banking competition. He explains the plan for supporting a so-called ‘fifth pillar’ of non-bank lenders and addresses the role of superannuation funds in achieving a budget surplus.

Australian private equity firm Allegro Private Equity, last week, announced it had launched a new fund, Allegro Fund II, to raise more than $200 million to invest in the growing number of smaller mid-market private equity opportunities emerging in the post-GFC environment.

Global research group TNS has released research indicating that 44 percent of Baby Boomers plan to postpone their retirement in light of the global economic crisis.