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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has told the Productivity Commission that some retail funds and self-managed superannuation fund promoters have pursued ‘confusion marketing stra...

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has urged the Productivity Commission against once-only superannuation defaults arguing members could be disadvantaged by the bank, employers or ...

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has called on the opinion of a specialist industrial lawyer to try to prove the Productivity Commission wrong about how default superannuation fu...

Superannuation

The OpenInvest online marketplace and platform has launched, with self-managed superannuation fund trustees the primary market. ...

Expert Analysis

We entrust a significant portion of our savings into the superannuation system yet, as Hannah Wootton writes, the amount of information we get from funds in exchange is a...

Financial planning

Big industry fund, AustralianSuper has called for an end to grandfathering and for a legal obligation on superannuation funds to provide members with an annual report of ...

Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has used Productivity Commission analysis and data to suggest that there is a very significant underperformance problem for not-for-profit ...

Superannuation

Despite suggestions it had shelved its push for majority independent directors on superannuation fund boards, the Government has made clear the issue remains very much al...

Superannuation

Industry funds have used a Productivity Commission report on investment returns to call for regulatory action against underperforming retail superannuation funds....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has told a key parliamentary committee it is funded and empowered to be the financial services “competition champion”....

Superannuation

The Workplace Super Specialist Australia has told its national conference that existing employer funds should be included on recommended default superannuation fund lists...

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been told that alignment with members’ interests should trump investment expertise when appointing people to superannuation fund boards....

Superannuation

As the super industry faces both structural change and increased regulatory scrutiny, trustees may need to turn to third parties to help provide quality service, AFRM Cla...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told the Productivity Commission that grandfathered commissions should be brought to an end as soon as possible....

Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has noted the absence of a ‘best interests’ obligation on employers when selecting default superannuation and the lac...

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