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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has raised eyebrows by revealing the degree to which it wants to influence which funds merge with which. ...

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Superannuation

Choice superannuation funds have been placed on notice that unless they look to their fees and investment performance they are at risk of being painted red on the heatmap...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is closely monitoring the delivery of financial advice by superannuation funds against the terms of ...

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Superannuation

Research conducted among superannuation fund executives and trustees has pointed to strong support for superannuation pooling to assist women and carers....

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Superannuation

The rules and definitions imposed by superannuation funds is core to the barriers to access to super faced by indigenous people....

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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...

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Superannuation

The Conference of Major Superannuation Funds has been told that the insurance inside superannuation code of conduct will become mandatory....

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Superannuation

The SMSF Association has rejected Australian Council of Trade Unions calls' for another inquiry into the SMSF sector....

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Financial planning

Mental ill-health costs the Australian economy $70 billion each year, and a portion of this is through losing employees and productivity from workplaces, including those ...

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Policy & Regulation

Former Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman, Professor Alan Fels has criticised the Royal Commission for failing to address the problems of bank vertic...

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Outsider

Outsider found himself in Brisbane in mid-March attending that long-running industry funds event – the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds – but it was not the indus...

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Superannuation

Industry funds need to make sure they are not tainted by the scandals which have surrounded the banks, according to Australian Institute of Trustees acting chief executiv...

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Outsider

Outsider wonders whether generational change is taking place within the industry funds sector after attending the recent Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) i...

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Simon

Who get's the $10M? Where does the money go?? Might it end up in the CSLR to financially assist duped investors??? ...

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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