SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

Information provided to the Royal Commission by industry superannuation funds appears to have created a better impression than some retail funds....

Superannuation

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has already pointed to the ‘inherent tension’ in the regulatory and su...

Superannuation

Research commissioned and paid for by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has claimed bank-owned superannuation funds are charging fees up to 182 per cent...

Superannuation

The license conditions imposed on National Australia Bank’s big superannuation business in 2017 are expected to be aired in today’s kick-off to the Royal Commission in Me...

Superannuation

The Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia wants small businesses absolved from their superannuation guarantee obligations, claiming the only groups to bene...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has told the Productivity Commission that clients actually do get value from trailing commissions and should be informed of that val...

Superannuation

New research from SuperRatings has found that it is smaller superannuation funds which will be most impacted by the Government’s Budget changes to the treatment of low ba...

Superannuation

New research from Rice Warner has revealed that the level of cross-subsidies mean that industry funds will be the hardest hit by insurance premium rises resulting from th...

Superannuation

Industry superannuation fund members are the most satisfied across a range of balances, Roy Morgan has found....

Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has issued a slap to superannuation funds on two key fronts – the provision of detailed data and their inab...

Superannuation

Consumer group Choice has called on the Productivity Commission to recommend a total ban on grandfathered commissions....

Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has welcomed a report on RG97 as a “thorough and considered study of a complex area” but says that more needs to be done to address exemptions fo...

Superannuation

The Grattan Institute has countered claims that the Government’s Budget changes to insurance inside superannuation will increase group insurance premiums, asserting they ...

Superannuation

Deductible super contributions have led adviser queries in the first full financial year they’ve been offered beyond the self-employed, according to BT Financial Advice. ...

Superannuation

Colonial First State has told the Productivity Commission that the involvement of advisers in retail super funds together with an older member demographic makes compariso...

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