SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has pointed to people being able to opt-out of insurance inside superannuation via e-mail....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s proposals to make it easier for people to opt-out of insurance within superannuation comes with risks which cannot be ignored....

Features

Equal gender representation in the financial services industry remains elusive, as unconscious bias, the gender pay gap, and rigid working conditions prevent women from b...

People & Products

The industry veterans who co-founded BigFuture have brought a new wealth management app to market....

Superannuation

Superannuation funds which offer post-retirement products will be inherently conflicted with respect to member best interests and should not be afforded a legislative car...

Superannuation

The Government has only tinkered around the edges by closing off a superannuation guarantee loophole being used by unscrupulous employers, say the industry funds....

Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has directly questioned the validity of profit-sharing arrangements between insurers and major superannuati...

Superannuation

Choice and competition in super would not necessarily increase consumer engagement, while the absence of competition may explain Australia’s robust super system....

Superannuation

A superannuation fund member who relied on a financial planner’s slideshow to pursue an insurance claim has been told to pursue the planner, not the fund....

Superannuation

The FSC has suggested removing the ‘default’ super option to give employees greater opportunity to choose their own default super funds....

Superannuation

Superannuation fund trustees and executives have been warned they are falling short on disclosure, claims handling and other issues following an Australian Securities an...

Superannuation

The superannuation industry has told the Government it does not want to cross-subsidise the failures of other financial services sectors via a last resort compensation sc...

Editorial

Recent federal ministerial rhetoric suggests the financial services industry has few friends in high places and difficulty in finding its voice, Mike Taylor writes....

Tools & guides

Peter Kelly looks at the considerations advisers need to make for their clients in terms of concessional contributions....

Superannuation

AIST has welcomed the digitalisation of superannuation choice forms, where a default fund must be named....

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