PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION

Policy & Regulation

A new analysis has pointed to the removal of trailing commissions as significantly reducing the fees of corporate master trusts....

Superannuation

The scope and complexity of the Productivity Commission’s criteria for reviewing the super system will increase costs for members as it would require more data from funds...

Features

Malavika Santhebennur writes that many policy issues that beleaguered the financial services sector in 2015 remained in 2016, and would continue into 2017....

Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has signalled it is more concerned about banks than planners in the post-Future of Financial Advice world....

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission should focus on the difference that separated Australia from the best retirement systems — allowing banks to take profits, according to Indust...

Life/Risk

The Productivity Commission has been challenged on exceeding its brief by suggesting that group insurance arrangements might be subject to a separate and new competitive ...

Outsider

It was a case of now you see it, now you don't, with TAL's submission to the Productivity Commission after Money Management published its contents....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s consideration of alternative default models represents the real superannuation idealogical battleground....

Financial planning

The Productivity Commission has been told a reasonable case can be made for allowing super fund members aged under 30 to opt out of default death cover. ...

Policy & Regulation

The industry funds have attacked the banks on cross-selling as they seek to deal with a Productivity Commission issues paper canvassing a baseline approach of no defaults...

Life/Risk

The Productivity Commission saw insurance as a key issue impacting superannuation fund member returns and intended examining the value for money actually delivered....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia’s David Whiteley claimed evidence to prove those who chose their own super fund faced too many options and often made bad decisions....

Financial planning

The Productivity Commission needs to examine Australia’s superannuation system as it lacks legal definitions and clear purpose, the IPA said. ...

Superannuation

The Federal Government’s terms of reference to the Productivity Commission has opened the way for radical change to the default funds environment....

Superannuation

The Government has flagged Budget super changes declaring a Productivity Commission inquiry does not preclude policy change....

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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 ...

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8 months ago

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

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

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