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Editorial

The Government’s Stronger Super policy package is positioned to deliver on MySuper and the other Cooper Review reforms but, as Mike Taylor reports, there remains consider...

Editorial

While it is clearly not high on the current Federal Government’s agenda, at some point it will need to revisit legislation covering the operation of superannuation funds ...

Financial planning

Both the Financial Services Council and the Federal Opposition have sent the Government a clear message that they will not accept any delay in referring the status of def...

Financial planning

The Government has been urged to improve default fund arrangements, as more negative reports emerge about MTAA Super....

Editorial

Recent reports suggesting that a group made up of industry funds, consumer groups and trade unions was ready to drop support for ‘opt-in’ if planners agreed to no longer ...

Financial planning

Superannuation trustees have not given consumers in default funds the returns they are entitled to expect, according to chair of the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Grou...

Financial planning

Controversy surrounding a key industry fund combined with concern around modern awards may generate a Senate inquiry....

Financial planning

Opposition reacts to Government’s response to Cooper by alleging protection of union and industry fund interests....

Superannuation

Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has committed to both MySuper and SuperStream within three years....

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has questioned claims the Cooper Review's MySuper regime will actually save money....

Editorial

Industry Super Network's spokesman David Whiteley has criticised the Financial Planning Association's position on commissions associated with the sale of life insurance....

Financial planning

ING Australia has warned the Cooper Review against pursuing restrictive and anti-competitive practices by maintaining choice of fund and appropriate adviser remuneration....

Financial planning

The principals and directors of financial planning practices will need to ensure they, their planners and their employees have appropriately nominated the superannuation ...

Financial planning

Perpetual warns the Government against adopting a default approach to the provision of advice within super....

Financial planning

Snowball Group calls for the quarantining of product provider influence from the advice in super....

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