MYSUPER

Superannuation

Superannuation industry bodies and Minister Shorten have welcomed the passage of the third tranche of the MySuper laws....

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Superannuation

The Federal Opposition has claimed a victory over the Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, by extracting amendments to MySuper legislation which prevents accrue...

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Editorial

MySuper is set to change the underlying dynamics of the superannuation industry, and as TAL’s Gavin Lai and Renee Voutt point out, insurance providers will not be immune....

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Superannuation

ASFA expresses concern to APRA that the Government's legislative approach to MySuper fails to recognise objectives of the Cooper Review....

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Superannuation

Corporate Super Specialist Alliance warns of consequences flowing from default fund MySuper approach....

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Editorial

The Government claims it has delivered on the Productivity Commission’s default fund recommendations, but Mike Taylor writes that the devil is in the detail....

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Superannuation

The regulatory controls on the manner in which SMSFs approach risk insurance coverage for fund members are tightening in a number of respects, writes Macquarie Adviser Se...

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Superannuation

The AFA's Brad Fox says the Government's approach to MySuper legislation appears to have been a foregone conclusion because the Government released its majority report ju...

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s final report on default funds under modern awards delivered a formula which is unlikely to survive a change of Gover...

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Superannuation

Lawyer warns Productivity Commission recommendations just add more bureaucracy, cost and possible disadvantage for funds....

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Superannuation

Concerns have been raised over the independence of the proposed default superannuation panel and the review period for MySuper products selected under modern awards....

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Superannuation

Industry bodies have taken issue with the exposure draft regulations for rollovers and contributions in submissions to Treasury that take aim at the three-day performance...

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Superannuation

Key sections of the financial services industry have lamented the Productivity Commission's failure to open up the default funds arena to more competition by removing man...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has claimed that tricky drafting of the legislation delivering MySuper has effectively infringed the property and income right...

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Superannuation

Federal Opposition insists on key amendments to MySuper legislation to prevent automatic transfers where members have previously actively chosen default investment option...

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