MYSUPER

Superannuation

ISA claimed industry super funds have outperformed their bank-owned counterparts when it comes to median returns, after APRA released Quarterly MySuper Statistics....

Superannuation

FSC claims industry funds are engaging in protectionsit practices by exploiting loop-holes in choice of fund legislation to deny open access to default funds under the ne...

Superannuation

Concerns about the fees being charged on default superannuation funds are prompting calls for the final transition date for savings to be moved to a MySuper account to be...

Superannuation

AustralianSuper has joined a growing list of supporters for a MyPension product....

Superannuation

Banks’ claims that the MySuper regime will adequately protect consumers “is absurd”, ISA chief executive, David Whiteley believes....

Superannuation

MySuper should be made ‘opt-in’ because it places insurance cover at risk, says CSSA....

Superannuation

Industry fund lobbyists have had a go at the big banks, saying only $13 billion of savings in bank-owned funds have moved into MySuper....

Superannuation

FSC has claimed the average MySuper fund offered by its members have outperformed the equivalent offering from industry funds...

Superannuation

The AIST has called for financial advisers to put the best interests of consumers first for members of MySuper and choice super products....

Financial planning

Financial advisers have been encouraged to tackle diversifiable and systematic risk simultaneously to meet the needs of a growing base of retirees seeking advice. ...

Superannuation

Superannuation members could be losing millions of dollars in insurance as their fund balance is transferred to a Government scheme which leaves “no avenue for compensati...

Financial planning

Super funds have received a deadline extension to 1 July 2015 for compliance with fee and cost disclosure requirements....

Superannuation

The Fair Work Commission has formally acknowledged that its default fund selection process has been suspended....

Superannuation

If increasing Australia’s superannuation savings pool is the aim of the game, introducing competition to the default funds space is a logical solution, writes Patricia Mo...

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Superannuation

Super funds look at Stronger Super and MySuper reforms either as a chance for compliance or innovation, Mercer said....

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