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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...

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Superannuation

ISA has welcomed Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s (IPA’s) report into Australia’s social housing system....

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Financial planning

Banks need to stop paying all incentives, including all grandfathered commissions, to help re-build confidence in the banking system, ISA believes....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia claims the major banks are switching customers into under-performing retail super funds via direct sales tactics which bypass planners. ...

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Superannuation

Investment philosophy, and fund structure and governance have let down retail super funds, ISA believes....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry has welcomed the introduction of LISTO but is divided on the objective of superannuation....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry Super Australia wants the banks to be subject to rules which impose a duty to ensure customers are left better off when moving super funds....

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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....

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has drawn a line in the sand on default fund changes while still pursuing changes to adviser remuneration and standards....

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Superannuation

Claims of persistent underperformance justify scrutiny of bank-owned superannuation funds, according to Industry Super Australia....

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia chief executive, David Whiteley, has called for a re-targeting of superannuation tax concessions by ending the skew to upper income earners....

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Superannuation

The FSC, AIST, ASFA and ISA have all welcomed the Government’s move to enshrine superannuation in legislation, and hoped this would bring certainty to super policies. ...

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Editorial

Industry funds who have been alleging the banks offer inducements to employers to select particular default funds need to be careful what they wish for....

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Superannuation

A carve out of the bank-owned and retail super sector from requirements to disclose investment fees on product dashboards would prevent consumers from comparing the pair,...

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Superannuation

The Australian Tennis Open has emerged as a major venue for the industry funds compare the pair advertising campaign....

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