This Month
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
- Opinion
- Super Q&A
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
‘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
- Opinion
- SMSFs
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
- Opinion
- Super Q&A
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
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
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What the super fund whisperer told 125 fund managers
Frontier Advisors’ annual managers’ dialogue is a chance to look at what’s hot and what’s not for Australia’s largest asset owners.
- James Thomson