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Financial planning

Big industry fund, AustralianSuper has called for an end to grandfathering and for a legal obligation on superannuation funds to provide members with an annual report of ...

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Superannuation

The Financial Services Council has used Productivity Commission analysis and data to suggest that there is a very significant underperformance problem for not-for-profit ...

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has noted the absence of a ‘best interests’ obligation on employers when selecting default superannuation and the lac...

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Policy & Regulation

Trail commissions have been dealt another blow, with the Productivity Commission recommending that they be banned in mortgage broking for all loans from the end of this y...

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission’s draft report into superannuation is a “timely reminder” to self-managed super fund trustees to pay close attention to fees and costs, the SM...

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Financial planning

The Productivity Commission has agreed the term ‘general advice’ is misleading and should be changed, with advice being regarded as being owned by professional advisers....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC has confirmed around 20 per cent of superannuation fund receive ‘rebates’ from insurers with a similar number accepting corporate hospitality....

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Financial planning

Big banking group ANZ has claimed the current default super system has served to entrench regulator, employer and union influence....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government has tasked the Productivity Commission with making far-reaching recommendations on the future of the superannuation industry with particular refere...

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Funds management

The Productivity Commission’s review of fees and returns in the superannuation sector is expected to result in more investment manager scrutiny....

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has signalled it is more concerned about banks than planners in the post-Future of Financial Advice world....

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Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been told under 25s may be better off not going immediately into the superannuation system and instead be directed to a Government-run def...

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Superannuation

ASIC has pointed out that super funds which offer employers seats in their corporate boxes at major sporting events may be guilty of providing an illegal inducement. ...

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