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The superannuation fund performance test needs to test every super product, not just MySuper products, to avoid underperforming funds escape scrutiny, according to a supe...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds could control more than half the ASX within 15 years, with one-third of the $3 billion of new money the sector gains to invest each week likely to go...

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Financial planning

The post-Royal Commission financial planning landscape by 2030 will see a number of losers and winners, according to wealthdigital....

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Superannuation

AustralianSuper’s chief executive, Ian Silk, has suggested that the Banking Royal Commission didn’t cast a stern enough eye over parts of the superannuation industry, in ...

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Superannuation

Having identified more than a dozen underperforming superannuation funds which have subsequently opted to exit the industry, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authorit...

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Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds have welcomed the Royal Commission’s final report, but financial planning groups are concerned about the outcome for their members....

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Policy & Regulation

Counsel assisting the Royal Commission has pointed to serious breaches within the major banks while suggesting many of the issues surrounding industry funds can be dealt ...

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Superannuation

Research commissioned and paid for by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has claimed bank-owned superannuation funds are charging fees up to 182 per cent...

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Features

Anastasia Santoreneos writes that while the debate continues between industry and retail superannuation funds, the similarities seem to be outweighing the differences....

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