DEFAULT FUNDS

Financial planning

Financial Services Council sponsored research accuses unions and financial planners of "gaming" the default superannuation fund regime....

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Superannuation

Performance should be at the core of selecting default funds under modern awards, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees....

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Superannuation

The Government should act immediately to improve the current anti-competitive arrangements for the selection of default superannuation rather than waiting a year for the ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Financial Services Council has warned against the Government considering FOFA, MySuper and the Productivity Commission review in isolation....

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has issued a paper which questions the continuing role of the industrial judiciary in selecting default superannuation funds....

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Financial planning

Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....

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Financial planning

Financial Services Council accuses industrial judiciary of abrogating its responsibility to create a transparent default superannuation funds system....

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Financial planning

The Coalition would immediately replace the "closed-shop, anti-competitive" selection of default funds under modern awards with an "open, transparent and competitive proc...

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Financial planning

The Coalition would immediately replace the "closed-shop, anti-competitive" selection of default funds under modern awards with an "open, transparent and competitive proc...

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Financial planning

Defined benefit default funds outperformed defined contribution default funds by over half a per cent per year over the past 15 years with less volatility, according to g...

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Financial planning

Defined benefit default funds outperformed defined contribution default funds by over half a per cent per year over the past 15 years with less volatility, according to g...

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Editorial

Bill Shorten's mega-portfolio combining workplace relations with financial services will create a complex dynamic if the Government is to act appropriately on any Product...

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Superannuation

Shadow Minister for Superannuation Mathias Cormann has reaffirmed that the Coalition will not repeal the increase in the superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9 to 12 per ce...

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Editorial

The Government has finally delivered the details of its Stronger Super package but, as Mike Taylor writes, those hoping for certainty may be waiting a very long time....

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Financial planning

Within days of the Government's expected release of its Stronger Super proposals it has been warned it risks creating an industry fund monopoly....

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