Jeremy Cooper, who led a government review into superannuation, has been appointed as a non-executive director at Bennelong Funds Management. ...
If the Government does not act, then the super industry may have to build a MyPension environment....
The industry funds are seeking to play the consumer protection card in their defence of the default funds under modern awards regime but the real beneficiaries of the sta...
ISA’s Whiteley claims the existing default funds regime is a safety net sanctioned by three inquiries, including FSI....
The Government is intent on proceeding with changes to superannaution fund governance to bring them into line with publicly-listed companies....
FSC chief executive, John Brogden, has accused critics of the Australian superannuation system, including the Financial Systems Inquiry, of using badly outdated data....
With eight years having passed since the ‘Simpler Super’ review, it could be time to reopen a dialogue about the future of super, Bryan Ashenden writes....
The Department of Treasury has pointed to the role of financial advice in assisting consumers to engage with the financial system....
The ICAA has defended the ATO’s SMSF jurisdiction while suggesting consumers need to take more responsibility for their advice outcomes....
New legislation that empowers the tax office to hand out reformist penalties to SMSF trustees who inadvertently break the law has been praised by SPAA....
Centrepoint’s Peter Kelly outlines some of the issues that will require the attention of the advice profession – and their possible impacts – in 2014....
New research reveals wide differences in costs of MySuper products but a narrowing in the gap between industry fund and retail products....
The Abbott Government has provided David Murray with plenty of scope to go deep when he leads the forthcoming Financial Systems Review, writes Mike Taylor....
The notion that self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees should have a 'competency test' as suggested by visiting European financial literacy specialist Robert Holzmann ha...
SPAA CEO Andrea Slattery has shut down the notion that SMSF trustees should have a competency test, deeming it elitist....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....