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Superannuation

Investment has to be front and centre in these merger discussions whether to establish if it’s the best outcome for members – rather than fees – according to Frontier....

Superannuation

As the Government grapples with the superannuation industry having too much control over capital, its push for super mergers is having the unintended consequence of furth...

Financial planning

The prudential regulator has been questioned on whether its superannuation Your Future, Your Super test pass/fail result was enough to help funds improve. ...

People & Products

Former Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore will be chair of the authority that will oversee the corporate and prudential regulators....

Policy & Regulation

The regulator has outlined the purpose, design and scope of its climate vulnerability assessment to help regulated entities, including the largest banks, understand and m...

Superannuation

The prudential regulator is open to improving the system, particularly as it expects to include Choice products next year, but it wants to keep it simple for consumers....

Superannuation

The prudential regulator has released its performance test results but an industry association has urged consumers to treat the results with “extreme caution”....

Policy & Regulation

The remuneration standard comes into effect at the start of 2023 and aims to create more balanced incentive structures for the superannuation, insurance, and banking indu...

Life/Risk

While investment market performance boosted the industry’s financial performance to $1 billion in FY21, individual disability income insurance continued to report losses....

Superannuation

The Your Future, Your Super performance test will only disclose to superannuation funds whether they had passed or failed and would not give any value indications. ...

Life/Risk

New business premiums for individual disability income insurance will drop 15% due to the prudential regulator’s product intervention measures, according to DEXX&R projec...

Superannuation

The corporate watchdog will be checking communications from responsible superannuation entities to beneficiaries of MySuper funds that fail the Your Future, Your Super pe...

Financial planning

Trustees should come up with an approach that allows them to have necessary comfort that the quality of advice that is provided to members is as it should be, according t...

Superannuation

The superannuation fund has said it would hand over its members’ first names and emails to the publication if an arrangement were to go ahead. ...

Financial planning

The corporate and prudential regulators guidance on advice for superannuation trustees warns trustees about trusting financial advisers....

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