One of Australia’s smaller industry superannuation funds has questioned the benefits of mergers and scale and argued that funds should prove their efficiency....
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. ...
Concerns around maintaining the same lifestyle in retirment were expected to become the most significant issue for superannuation funds, according to Milliman’s study....
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....
Super funds have a chance to boost their financial advice offering and engage with members who craved increased returns amid unstable financial markets....
There are jurisdictional uncertainties about which external dispute resolution bodies should handle complaints involving planners, according to the Australian Institute o...
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....
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....
Funds and fund members needed to understand both the benefits and compromises that deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs) offered, Frontier Advisors and Milliman said....
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...
ISA has welcomed Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s (IPA’s) report into Australia’s social housing system....
Superannuation funds put a strong argument to the Government for rejecting the FOS model of external dispute resolution and retaining the Superannuation Complaints Tribun...
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...
Eight major Australian super funds have managed to rack up 100 per cent returns since the Global Financial Crisis, according to SuperRatings....
Any superannuation fund return in solid positive territory closing out the financial year should be a cause for happiness....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....