SUPER FUNDS

Superannuation

One of Australia’s smaller industry superannuation funds has questioned the benefits of mergers and scale and argued that funds should prove their efficiency....

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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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Superannuation

Concerns around maintaining the same lifestyle in retirment were expected to become the most significant issue for superannuation funds, according to Milliman’s study....

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Superannuation

Both APRA and ASIC have warned of considerable reputational damage to insurers and super funds if they do not turn talk of improvements into actions....

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Superannuation

Super funds have a chance to boost their financial advice offering and engage with members who craved increased returns amid unstable financial markets....

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Superannuation

There are jurisdictional uncertainties about which external dispute resolution bodies should handle complaints involving planners, according to the Australian Institute o...

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Superannuation

APRA has warned superannuation funds that they may have risked compromising sensitive member data by outsourcing bulk e-mails and texts to third party service providers....

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Financial planning

Large super funds that are unable to give face-to-face advice to all members and are designing CIPRs will be challenged, according to Challenger....

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Superannuation

Funds and fund members needed to understand both the benefits and compromises that deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs) offered, Frontier Advisors and Milliman said....

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Superannuation

The government should work more closely with industry super funds and leverage their scale and long-term investment horizon to boost infrastructure and economic growth, I...

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Superannuation

ISA has welcomed Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s (IPA’s) report into Australia’s social housing system....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds put a strong argument to the Government for rejecting the FOS model of external dispute resolution and retaining the Superannuation Complaints Tribun...

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Financial planning

Super funds are failing to effectively engage with companies on climate change as they continue to support executive remuneration incentives based on the expansion of fos...

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Superannuation

Eight major Australian super funds have managed to rack up 100 per cent returns since the Global Financial Crisis, according to SuperRatings....

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Financial planning

Any superannuation fund return in solid positive territory closing out the financial year should be a cause for happiness....

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