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Can I transfer funds from my super account to my wife’s to reduce tax?

There’s a perfectly legal option for this that doesn’t require tax office approval.

  • Noel Whittaker

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Retirement is confusing enough without the piles of jargon from super funds.

To stop retirees going mad, super funds must agree on these three things

At present, retirement income is being delivered like IKEA furniture – only the instructions are in five languages, and one of the legs is mislabelled.

  • Bec Wilson
The Australia Post office at 380 Bourke Street was burgled four times in 11 days.

Burglaries at Australia Post’s Melbourne GPO boxes spark superannuation security alert

A super fund with more than a million members has alerted customers their information may have been stolen in burglaries at a post office in Bourke Street.

  • Alexander Darling
If your super fund fails, there are options available for you.

My super fund has collapsed. Can I get the pension in the meantime?

When you’re left without access to your super due to a fund failure, you can apply for a special exemption to get the age pension.

  • Noel Whittaker

Here’s what the average person with $3 million in super looks like

More probably male than female, almost certainly aged over 60 and probably raking in more than $100,000 a year: here’s what the 80,000 people affected by Labor’s tax plan look like.

  • Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley.

Drawn-out battle ends with $3.3 billion takeover deal

The owner of MLC has agreed to a takeover from overseas private equity investors seeking exposure to the $4.2 trillion superannuation pool.

  • Clancy Yeates
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The newly proposed $3m super tax has prompted a flurry of action from investors looking for ways around it. But there’s only one option worth considering.

Why trying to avoid the $3m super tax could leave you worse off

The newly proposed $3m super tax has prompted a flurry of action from investors looking for ways around it. But there’s only one option worth considering.

  • Noel Whittaker
Women typically have lower super balances than men as they are more likely to take time off work to raise children.

How do I protect my daughters from the ‘motherhood penalty’?

Taking time off to raise children can leave your super looking a bit light-on. But there are strategies you can use to avoid it.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Falcon Capital founder David Anderson’s home in Hawthorn overlooking the Yarra River, Melbourne.

Super fund’s $440 million blown on manager’s Lamborghini, riverside mansion, pet projects

Falcon Capital was one of the super switching schemes the corporate regulator warned about last week. Now there’s more bad news for scheme’s 6000 customers.

  • Sarah Danckert
Superannuation is the first thought when it comes to self-funding retirement. Yet, it is hardly the one and only option for doing so.

Seven ways to self-fund retirement without using your super

Superannuation is the first thought when it comes to self-funding retirement. It is hardly the one and only option for doing so.

  • Helen Baker

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