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Senator Jane Hume has hit out on super funds that impose unnecessary insurance on young members....

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New research has confirmed that without a vigorous member communications campaign by superannuation funds and life insurers, more than half of Australians might have been...

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A rate of 15 to 20 per cent SG would be needed to provide most people with full independence of the Age Pension, Rice Warner believes....

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The new law does not remove the incentive for advisers to recommend poorly performing and expensive products....

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Industry Super Australia wants unions and industry funds empowered to act as agents of the Australian Taxation Office to pursue employers who don’t meet their superannuat...

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Showing superannuation fund members their projected retirement wealth encourages higher rates of salary sacrifice and engagement, according to a report....

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After 10 consecutive positive financial year returns, super funds saw a mixed start to 2019/20 due to the market’s response to the US/China trade war....

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The chief executives of Australia’s major superannuation industry bodies agree that retail superannuation funds have faced tough times in the wake of the Royal Commission...

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AustralianSuper has flagged that as much as seven out of every 10 new dollars received by the fund will be invested offshore....

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Super Consumers Australia is launching a ‘people’s advocate’ in the super sector to improve the system for low to middle income people....

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UniSuper has been named Super Review’s Superannuation Fund of the Year at gala dinner in Melbourne....

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NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg has signalled the prospect of a crack-down on superannuation activists who seek to use member funds to exact influence on listed compani...

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