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Heated discussion has emerged around a Victorian Liberal Party Senate candidate who also happens to be a policy adviser within an industry fund....

Superannuation

A roundtable has concluded that the success of MySuper combined with more proactive industry funds makes it safe to remove default funds from industrial awards....

Superannuation

The ACTU has denied a conflict of interest may exist where unions receive payment from industry super funds when union officials serve on their trustee boards....

Superannuation

A Government Senator has questioned whether if a union is deregistered its nominees can continue to serve on industry super fund boards....

Superannuation

The Grattan Institute’s Jim Minifie claims the Government’s changes to superannuation fund governance arrangements will work best if the Government avoids taking sides be...

Superannuation

Industry funds hold only a narrow lead in satisfaction over their retail counterparts, shrinking their strong market positioning. ...

Financial planning

Industry funds held significantly more pension members than retail funds but risked losing them due to a large advice capability gap. ...

Superannuation

Consumers are most interested in knowing the difference between industry and retail super funds, super fees, and life insurance within super, according to CANSTAR....

Financial planning

The Government has been asked whether women are being appropriately represented on the boards of industry super funds....

Editorial

The industry funds’ “compare the pair” advertising campaign was the catalyst for removal of commissions and, as Mike Taylor writes, the advent of FOFA and now its underly...

Superannuation

ISA claims proposed changes to superannuation fund governance will create regulatory over-reach while the FSC calls the move good for the whole superannuation sector....

Superannuation

Superannuation fee are hindering Australians’ retirement savings, new research reveals....

Funds management

APRA deputy chairman, Ian Laughlin, has identified the market power of industry funds and how it has influenced the group life market. ...

Editorial

The industry funds are seeking to play the consumer protection card in their defence of the default funds under modern awards regime but the real beneficiaries of the sta...

Superannuation

For some financial planners industry superannuation funds are just another product option while for others they represent an unfair playing field and an attack on the adv...

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