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Superannuation funds have warned the Government that its proposed new performance test regime risks rewarding short-termism and denying members the benefits of medium to ...

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Industry Super Australia said the proposed Government policy to opt out of the superannuation guarantee increase will further disadvantage retirement savings for Australi...

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Forcing workers to use their retirement savings to fund their own pay rise should not be a way to deal with low wage growth, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Tr...

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BT Funds Management has admitted that its efforts to migrate 277,679 members to its BT Super product may have resulted in 38,000 people exiting the company’s products....

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New data has emerged suggesting as many as 5% of early release superannuation applicants entirely emptied their accounts while just 10 superannuation funds paid around 68...

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The SMSF Association has welcomed the Federal Government’s amendments to allow the partial commutation of certain non-commutable pensions....

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2020 was the year of the Government’s hardship early release superannuation scheme and it was also a year during which the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

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Superannuation funds have told a Parliamentary Committee that the costs of implementing Superstream were so high that they offset any immediate cost-savings....

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There were a further 21,000 superannuation members who applied for the early release of their super in the week before the scheme ended, with 31% representing repeat appl...

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The Government needs to address underperformance in the superannuation system before stapling of super accounts begins, according to the Australian Institute of Superannu...

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Almost three-quarters of fund professionals expect to see consolidation of the superannuation industry this year in a bid to reduce costs, according to Calastone....

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The Australian Council of Trade Unions believes the Government’s superannuation exposure draft legislation is an ‘attack’ on working people and their retirement savings. ...

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