Consideration should be given as to whether superannuation funds can provide their members who are in retirement with health services, an industry panel has suggested.

SMSF advisers should not feel limited by the contributions rules in the latest super reforms as the changing settings still provide opportunities for clients, according to ipac private client adviser Peter Crump.

A legal firm partner has identified scoping as one of the major elements contributing to erroneous statements of advice (SOA) issued by financial advisers.

The SMSF Association has expressed concern over the increase in the number of limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBA) within SMSFs over the past two to three years. 

The innovative investment decisions of super funds have a flow-on effect on social and environmental outcomes that ultimately benefits wider society, an Australian community leader has said.

A proposal considered in a Treasury consultation paper to allow victims of violent crime access to the super of perpetrators, in limited circumstances, had the potential to be strongly positive, according to IOOF.

Only 11.3 per cent of females purchase their superannuation through a professional adviser, which is a concern given women’s significantly lower super balances, according to new research.

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called out the latest paper from the Grattan Institute as “replete with Victorian-era proposals to fix the gender gap in Australian retirement incomes”.