Industry Super Australia is alleging banks' front-line staff are spruiking the benefits of the banks' own super funds to their customers in a way that may be side-stepping financial advice laws.

The draft legislation contains tough and in some cases unrealistic valuations of the non-commutable defined benefit pensions received by retirees.

The wealthy elite of the Australian Public Service to keep nearly all their generous superannuation concessions.

Super fund members have a right to know what their funds are doing with their money.

Superannuation is our biggest liquid asset so making sure it's invested in a way that honours our personal values is a powerful way to do good.

The super compromise is far from ideal but all we can do is play the hand we're dealt, so here are possible strategies to adopt.

Accumulation fund members are treated more harshly than defined benefit fund members under the new super rules.

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It's time to tune into the US election. You may not get a vote, but you can prepare - financially at least.

Bank-owned super funds dominate the ranks of "Fat Cat Funds" with high fees and poor performance, according to a new report.

It's the time of year when super funds send annual statements for the year to June 30 to fund members. It provides the perfect opportunity to check if your fund is a dud.

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Top marks to the government for dumping the deeply flawed proposal to introduce a backdated lifetime $500,000 non-concessional contributions cap.

Financial expert George Cochrane answers readers' questions.

The superannuation system is a tax system, and as annoyed as we are about changes, governments do change tax policy.

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The Turnbull government is considering a radical shakeup of Australia's superannuation system that would pit banks and industry funds against each other for the right to manage the deposits of every new entrant for at least two years.

The compromise over superannuation includes a delay in the plans to let people roll over their concessional contributions, which will hurt carers, particularly women.

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The best tax shelter for the well-off this side of the Cayman Islands survives pretty much intact after Scott Morrison's super changes.

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If you were hoping the superannuation proposals the government took to the election would provide certainty around super for years to come, you will be disappointed.

Former public servants with generous retirement benefits face a grey area in determining how their pension will be taxed.

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The launch of a new super product with a technology focus targeted at millennials has attracted attention, but caution is warranted.

Software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is leading a who's who of the Australian technology industry in backing a new superannuation product with a technology focus aimed at millennials.

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Online marketplaces can offer higher interest rates than banks, but customers need to realise that's not the only difference, writes John Collett.

The Grattan Institute has identified superannuation as the most important test of Malcolm Turnbull's leadership.

There are powerful vested interests pushing the idea that Australians need to save more for retirement.

The longer the politics over the reforms to the superannuation tax breaks continues, the worse it will be for the growing proportion of the workforce working part-time and casually.

It's still uncertain how the proposed $1.6 million cap on pension fund accounts will be applied to defined benefit pensions.

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The Turnbull government's plans to rein in the super tax breaks going to the well-off are modest and fair.

Just when we thought we had a set of proposed changes to the superannuation system that everybody could agree on, and which were seen to be fair, Labor is trying to move the goalposts again.

Index investments are proving popular with investors.

While older retirees may be reluctant to dissipate large amounts of capital to retain their previous pension entitlement, the investment returns now provide compelling reasons to do so.