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The Federal Government has accommodated the wishes of industry funds by extending the so-called “superannuation outcomes test” to choice products, most of which reside wi...
Superannuation
New research has pointed to investment fees driving up the cost of superannuation fund membership and narrowing the gap between industry and retail funds....
Policy & Regulation
A major industry superannuation fund has called for defined benefit funds to be excluded from the Government’s proposed new product intervention powers for the Australian...
Policy & Regulation
Industry superannuation funds are urging the imposition of greater comparability around fees, costs and performance to give transparency around advisers switching members...
Superannuation
New research commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees suggests that MySuper is a better bet for super fund members than making an advised choic...
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has told the Productivity Commission it needs more powers and that its lack of powers has inhibited its ability to b...
Financial planning
AMP Limited has announced an acceleration of its advice remediation program including both employed and aligned advisers and price cuts to its superannuation products....
Superannuation
Superannuation fund trustees should be held to the same standards as advisers in terms of explaining insurance inside superannuation and the impact on balance erosion, ac...
Superannuation
The self-managed superannuation fund sector has underperformed the average default investment strategy for the year to April 2018....
Superannuation
Lifecycle strategies can be a powerful tool for many super funds, especially when it comes to the use of asset classes, according to Parametric....
Superannuation
The SMSF sector posted a 12-month return to the end of February of 5.5 per cent before fees and tax, compared to a 9.6 per cent return from default MySuper products....
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it is investigating whether planners recommended super choice over MySuper to protect their trailing co...
Superannuation
Typical MySuper members have achieved better investment outcomes than some SMSFs’ members, according to SuperGuard360 indices....
Superannuation
A whitepaper released by Bravura Solutions has outlined the effects of fintech disruption on the superannuation industry in Australia....
Superannuation
Value for money in superannuation funds is often in the eye of the consumer and should not be second-guessed by the regulators, according to the Association of Superannua...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...