MYSUPER

Policy & Regulation

Superannuation funds are being subjected to more scrutiny from the corporate regulator over how they deliver insurance inside super to members at the same time as the reg...

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has proposed a two-stage assessment to look at fees and costs, and investment returns. ...

Superannuation

The devil will be in the detail and so all the key elements of the superannuation industry want the Government to enter into meaningful consultation around its superannua...

People & Products

Vision Super’s chief investment officer, Michael Wyrsch, has been promoted to the newly-created role of deputy chief executive....

Superannuation

New analysis from Frontier Investment Consulting suggests that the volatility generated by COVID-19 has raised real questions about the Australian Prudential Regulation A...

Superannuation

Too many superannuation fund trustees have been looking for excuses not to merge rather than getting on with the process in the best interests of their members, according...

Superannuation

The players’ association of the highest level of Australian rules football has extended their 20-year partnership with AMP as the default superannuation provider....

Superannuation

The corporate watchdog allege Colonial First State Investments Limited sent misleading or deceptive communications to members of the FirstChoice Fund....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled at least some flexibility around how advisers gain consent from clients to deduct fees from their super...

Financial planning

The Federal Government is being confronted by an increasingly united front on the need to retain the deductibility of advice fees from MySuper products....

Superannuation

The proposed legislation could motivate advisers to enter into ongoing fee arrangements with superannuation members, according to a super body. ...

Editorial

The Government needs to accept that the Royal Commission did not get everything right and that it needs to put aside its politically expedient rubber-stamp where advice w...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has backed MySuper members having access to once-off financial advice, rather than ongoing advice with ongoing fees....

Superannuation

Total assets under custody rose 8% to $4.06 trillion with an increasing portion accounting for offshore markets, according to the Australian Custodial Services Associatio...

Financial planning

The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, faces a fight from the financial planning industry as he seeks to move forward on implementing a Royal Commission recommendation banning t...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

6 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

3 weeks 2 days ago