SUPERANNUATION

Expert Analysis

If financial institutions hope to improve public trust, Jonathan Steffanoni writes, they need to be careful in how they handle other people’s data....

Tools & guides

Janet Manzanero-Caruana breaks down the detail of the pension loan scheme and looks at what types of retiree it could benefit....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has strongly rejected Government proposals to rebate grandfathered commissions to clients arguing that it will incentivise advisers to recommend ...

Superannuation

A regulatory review of the 2013 prudential framework for the super industry has found that while its objectives were largely met, more change may be needed to keep it up-...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed superannuation funds will need to undertake annual Business Performance Reviews starting next year....

Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds group, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has rejected the Government’s proposals for a rebate scheme covering grandfathere...

Superannuation

Annual director elections, non-binding shareholder resolutions, binding votes on remuneration policies, and CEO pay ratios disclosure would all help improve super funds’ ...

Superannuation

Superannuation funds have largely ignored the after-tax investing obligations that the Stronger Super reforms embedded into the law, implementation manager Parametric has...

Superannuation

Research conducted among superannuation fund executives and trustees has pointed to strong support for superannuation pooling to assist women and carers....

Superannuation

A new analysis of merger and acquisition activity has pointed to higher activity levels on the part of superannuation funds....

Superannuation

Specialist insurer PPS Mutual has today launched a risk-only super fund that would allow members to fund their insurance premiums via rollovers from their standard accumu...

Superannuation

The December 2018 quarter may have been bleak for superannuation funds, but shares have since rebounded over the March 2019 quarter to offset prior losses, new research f...

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has found itself in difficulty over its legacy superannuation tax policy and the continuing debate over refundable franking credits....

Superannuation

Retired Australians are worried about gambling their life savings on stock market-dominated superannuation....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds looking to merge must ensure the process is conducted with the needs of remaining members in mind, according to panellists at a QMV event....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

6 days 3 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

1 week ago