PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION

Policy & Regulation

A new analysis has pointed to the removal of trailing commissions as significantly reducing the fees of corporate master trusts....

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Superannuation

The scope and complexity of the Productivity Commission’s criteria for reviewing the super system will increase costs for members as it would require more data from funds...

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Features

Malavika Santhebennur writes that many policy issues that beleaguered the financial services sector in 2015 remained in 2016, and would continue into 2017....

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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 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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Life/Risk

The Productivity Commission has been challenged on exceeding its brief by suggesting that group insurance arrangements might be subject to a separate and new competitive ...

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Outsider

It was a case of now you see it, now you don't, with TAL's submission to the Productivity Commission after Money Management published its contents....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s consideration of alternative default models represents the real superannuation idealogical battleground....

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Financial planning

The Productivity Commission has been told a reasonable case can be made for allowing super fund members aged under 30 to opt out of default death cover. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The industry funds have attacked the banks on cross-selling as they seek to deal with a Productivity Commission issues paper canvassing a baseline approach of no defaults...

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Life/Risk

The Productivity Commission saw insurance as a key issue impacting superannuation fund member returns and intended examining the value for money actually delivered....

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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

The Productivity Commission needs to examine Australia’s superannuation system as it lacks legal definitions and clear purpose, the IPA said. ...

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Superannuation

The Federal Government’s terms of reference to the Productivity Commission has opened the way for radical change to the default funds environment....

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Superannuation

The Government has flagged Budget super changes declaring a Productivity Commission inquiry does not preclude policy change....

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