SUPERANNUATION TRUSTEES

The superannuation industry has applauded the Financial System Inquiry report’s proposal to tackle income stream barriers and enshrine super goals....

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Superannuation

Concerns about the fees being charged on default superannuation funds are prompting calls for the final transition date for savings to be moved to a MySuper account to be...

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Funds management

ASIC has been told there needs to be greater clarity between what represents a ‘fee’ and a ‘cost’ in Product Disclosure Statements....

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Superannuation

AustralianSuper argues that funds manager fee disclosure needs to be more robust and transparent....

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Financial planning

Ethics classes for financial planners should be fundamental to the new education standards, with self-regulation a near impossible benchmark for the profession, two indus...

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Life/Risk

ANZ has used its second submission to the FSI to back the imposition of time limits on life insurance claims similar to those applying to general insurance....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government’s deal with PUP to secure the scrapping of the mining tax has united the financial services industry in condemning the delay to lifting the SG....

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Superannuation

ASFA said the Government's plan to delay the superannuation guarantee rise to 12 per cent will mean super goals will not be met. ...

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Superannuation

AIST has opposed the government’s plan to delay the superannuation guarantee rise to 12 per cent, saying it will hurt retirees and super certainty....

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Superannuation

The AIST has called for financial advisers to put the best interests of consumers first for members of MySuper and choice super products....

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Financial planning

Commbank Wealth Management head, Annabel Spring says the group will remain focused on its existing strategy....

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Superannuation

Home buyers are being warned against dipping into the superannuation to fund the purchase of a house....

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Superannuation

The FSC and industry funds are again at loggerheads over how default superannuation funds should be selected....

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Superannuation

The peak industry body said it will consult with its 60 plus member funds on the recommendations made by the FSI interim report on the super industry....

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Superannuation

When it comes to superannuation, the law of common sense often does not suffice, Patrick Jackson writes....

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