AUSTRALIANSUPER

Financial planning

A number of financial advisers have questioned whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is being consistent in its treatment of salaried financial pla...

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has chosen AustralianSuper as the default fund for all new employees from 1 July, this year....

Superannuation

Superannuation fund members investing with a conscience may be losing retirement savings as a result, with sustainable options often coming at the cost of higher fees and...

Superannuation

Many of the top performing superannuation funds’ growth options from the last three years have delivered on returns without compromising much on risk, data from FE Analyt...

Superannuation

A panel of superannuation fund executives and experts has questioned whether AustralianSuper’s offer of frequent flyer points to attract new members should be viewed as p...

Superannuation

While making full use of member engagement data will involve the use of artificial intelligence, super funds need to remember that positive member advice offerings will s...

Superannuation

For all the fuss about scale in the super industry, new data has shown that members in some of the top funds’ MySuper options saw limited differences in returns regardles...

Financial planning

Big industry fund AustralianSuper has expressed concern about the consequences for superannuation funds if they are asked to offer members complex post-retirement product...

People & Products

Fidelity International and Yarra Capital Management have joined the Mercer-led employee value campaign, Future IM/Pact....

Expert Analysis

We entrust a significant portion of our savings into the superannuation system yet, as Hannah Wootton writes, the amount of information we get from funds in exchange is a...

Financial planning

Big industry fund, AustralianSuper has called for an end to grandfathering and for a legal obligation on superannuation funds to provide members with an annual report of ...

Financial planning

The economic position of women is improving, with the Financy Women’s Index gaining 1.4 points from June to September....

Superannuation

Australian super funds are staying competitive with world-class investment returns, with the average super fund outperforming the Future Fund after adjustments over the l...

Policy & Regulation

Counsel assisting the Royal Commission has pointed to serious breaches within the major banks while suggesting many of the issues surrounding industry funds can be dealt ...

Superannuation

The Royal Commission has been told how Industry Super Australia received $500,000 from AustralianSuper for the ‘fox in the henhouse’ television advertising campaign after...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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