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Wealth

Superannuation & SMSFs

This Month

ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court.

HESTA fined for ‘misleading’ ads on performance

Corporate watchdog says $74 billion fund’s action should serve as “a warning” to the industry to ensure marketing materials are accurate.

  • Hannah Wootton and Lucy Dean

What you’ll owe under new super tax if your balance hits $3.5m

There are nine key takeouts on how it will work, plus how to plan ahead to minimise the impact.

  • Colin Lewis
Former truck driver Christian Jensen had to apply for two hardship variations on his mortgage thanks to delays from his super fund.

‘Financial heartbreak’: Customer complaints about super jump 32pc

Former truck driver Christian Jensen had to apply for two hardship variations on his mortgage due to delays from his super fund.

  • Hannah Wootton and Lucy Dean

October

Cath Bowtell, Wayne Swan, Nicola Roxon and Sam Mostyn are shaping up as power players in the superannuation industry.

Labor stacks big super with 15 new power players

Cath Bowtell has quietly assumed the role of matriarch of the sprawling Labor-union aligned industry superannuation family.

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  • Joanna Mather and Hannah Wootton
Former Labor treasurer Wayne Swan says the GFC proved the power of super.

Why Wayne Swan says super is our ‘economic secret weapon’

The former treasurer says the super sector proved its economic power during the GFC and can help Australia’s next set of big challenges.

  • James Thomson
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Jack Heath, chief executive of Philanthropy Australia.

Donating from super could raise $22b a year for charities

Making it easier and cheaper to leave super to charity could boost giving by as much as $22 billion a year, the peak philanthropy body has said, as it pushes for reform.

  • Lucy Dean
Your super questions answered.

What retirees can do now that term deposits are generating tax bills

Retirees who find themselves paying more tax on bank deposits because of rising interest rates can move the money into superannuation.

  • John Wasiliev
A crypto asset manager has warned of the “billion dollar ticking time bomb” around SMSF investing in digital assets.

‘Billion dollar ticking bomb’ for SMSFs buying bitcoin

Crypto’s explosion in popularity has seen SMSF investors buy Bitcoin and Ethereum but some exchanges do not give investors formal custody.

  • Mark Di Stefano
The tax does not apply to all earnings on a member’s balance above $3 million; this seems to be a common misconception.

Super to maintain mantle as ‘preferred’ investment vehicle: KPMG

Plans to impose extra tax on super balances over $3 million may not prompt the wholesale revamp of investments that some have suggested, writes Julie Dolan.

  • Julie Dolan
Your super questions answered.

Contributing to super can be wiser than drawing a tax-free pension

Should everybody start drawing a pension from their superannuation as soon as they hit 65 to get the tax benefits? Not necessarily.

  • John Wasiliev

September

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Retirees to feel the sting if same job, same pay hits BHP

The mining giant, a favourite investment of the superannuation sector, warns that the $1.3 billion revenue hit it expects from the reforms will come from its dividend pool.

  • Hannah Wootton and Lucy Dean