DEFAULT FUNDS
Financial planning
The Government's legislative arrangements on default funds appear to not entirely reflect the preferred position of Productivity Commission....
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s final report on default funds under modern awards delivered a formula which is unlikely to survive a change of Gover...
Superannuation
Lawyer warns Productivity Commission recommendations just add more bureaucracy, cost and possible disadvantage for funds....
Superannuation
The Productivity Commission has denied its final report mirrors a submission endorsed by Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten, and has pointed to key points of differ...
Superannuation
Industry bodies have taken issue with the exposure draft regulations for rollovers and contributions in submissions to Treasury that take aim at the three-day performance...
Financial planning
AFA joins voices expressing concern that minister may have influenced Productivity Commission outcome....
Superannuation
Key sections of the financial services industry have lamented the Productivity Commission's failure to open up the default funds arena to more competition by removing man...
Superannuation
The rules around the release of the Productivity Commission report into default funds under modern awards means the Government is under no obligation to rush its release....
Superannuation
Federal Opposition insists on key amendments to MySuper legislation to prevent automatic transfers where members have previously actively chosen default investment option...
Editorial
Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....
Superannuation
Financial Services Council tells Productivity Commission the Government's preferred approach on default superannuation funds is based on incorrect information....
Superannuation
Submissions to the Productivity Commission the reveal depth of the divide between government and industry on default funds....
Financial planning
The Opposition says the Government is trying to short-circuit the Productivity Commission by establishing a formal position ahead of its findings....
Superannuation
The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance has come out in support of a recommendation put forward by the Productivity Commission in its interim report into default superann...
Superannuation
The FSC argues for the elimination of industrial relations from the superannuation equation....
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