super consumers Australia

Features

Breaking down the ALRC’s legislation review

The Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into the simplification of financial services legislation is expansive, multi-phased and worthy of unpacking, Liam Cormican...

Financial planning

Removing the financial threshold test

The financial threshold test should be removed, according to Super Consumers Australia and a leading consumer advocacy lawyer, as measuring net worth is an unreliable ind...

Policy & Regulation

Consumer groups join industries bodies in CSLR opposition

Eight consumer groups have united with eight industry bodies in opposition to the compensation scheme of last resort (CSLR) legislation in its current form....

Policy & Regulation

Govt under pressure to fix CSLR

Consumer bodies have joined the financial adviser bodies and the Federal Opposition in voicing their displeasure with the proposed draft legislation for the compensation ...

Superannuation

End to hawking welcomed

It is now officially illegal to hawk a member of a MySuper product into a choice product offered by the same fund and this will ultimately boost retirement savings of Aus...

Financial planning

FPA joins AFA in lambasting Choice anti-planner comments

The Financial Planning Association has echoed the Association of Financial Advisers in calling on Choice to retract derogatory comments about financial planners....

Financial planning

Consumer groups unite to warn against super early release

A coalition of consumer groups have warned that accessing early release superannuation should be a last resort, suggesting that they talk to a financial counsellor rather...

Policy & Regulation

No loopholes, no carve-outs insist coalition of consumer groups

A coalition of consumer groups has pointed to key changes to advice and life insurance resulting from the Royal Commission and insisted on no loopholes and no carve-outs....