SUPERANNUATION

Expert Analysis

If financial institutions hope to improve public trust, Jonathan Steffanoni writes, they need to be careful in how they handle other people’s data....

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Tools & guides

Janet Manzanero-Caruana breaks down the detail of the pension loan scheme and looks at what types of retiree it could benefit....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has strongly rejected Government proposals to rebate grandfathered commissions to clients arguing that it will incentivise advisers to recommend ...

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Superannuation

A regulatory review of the 2013 prudential framework for the super industry has found that while its objectives were largely met, more change may be needed to keep it up-...

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed superannuation funds will need to undertake annual Business Performance Reviews starting next year....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds group, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has rejected the Government’s proposals for a rebate scheme covering grandfathere...

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Superannuation

Annual director elections, non-binding shareholder resolutions, binding votes on remuneration policies, and CEO pay ratios disclosure would all help improve super funds’ ...

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds have largely ignored the after-tax investing obligations that the Stronger Super reforms embedded into the law, implementation manager Parametric has...

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Superannuation

Research conducted among superannuation fund executives and trustees has pointed to strong support for superannuation pooling to assist women and carers....

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Superannuation

A new analysis of merger and acquisition activity has pointed to higher activity levels on the part of superannuation funds....

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Superannuation

Specialist insurer PPS Mutual has today launched a risk-only super fund that would allow members to fund their insurance premiums via rollovers from their standard accumu...

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Superannuation

The December 2018 quarter may have been bleak for superannuation funds, but shares have since rebounded over the March 2019 quarter to offset prior losses, new research f...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition has found itself in difficulty over its legacy superannuation tax policy and the continuing debate over refundable franking credits....

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Superannuation

Retired Australians are worried about gambling their life savings on stock market-dominated superannuation....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds looking to merge must ensure the process is conducted with the needs of remaining members in mind, according to panellists at a QMV event....

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