INDUSTRY FUNDS

Superannuation

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

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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....

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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....

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Superannuation

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

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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...

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Superannuation

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

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Financial planning

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

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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....

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Financial planning

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

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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...

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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....

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Superannuation

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

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Funds management

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

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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...

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

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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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