SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

Information provided to the Royal Commission by industry superannuation funds appears to have created a better impression than some retail funds....

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Superannuation

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has already pointed to the ‘inherent tension’ in the regulatory and su...

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Superannuation

Research commissioned and paid for by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has claimed bank-owned superannuation funds are charging fees up to 182 per cent...

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Superannuation

The license conditions imposed on National Australia Bank’s big superannuation business in 2017 are expected to be aired in today’s kick-off to the Royal Commission in Me...

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Superannuation

The Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia wants small businesses absolved from their superannuation guarantee obligations, claiming the only groups to bene...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has told the Productivity Commission that clients actually do get value from trailing commissions and should be informed of that val...

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Superannuation

New research from SuperRatings has found that it is smaller superannuation funds which will be most impacted by the Government’s Budget changes to the treatment of low ba...

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Superannuation

New research from Rice Warner has revealed that the level of cross-subsidies mean that industry funds will be the hardest hit by insurance premium rises resulting from th...

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Superannuation

Industry superannuation fund members are the most satisfied across a range of balances, Roy Morgan has found....

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Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has issued a slap to superannuation funds on two key fronts – the provision of detailed data and their inab...

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Superannuation

Consumer group Choice has called on the Productivity Commission to recommend a total ban on grandfathered commissions....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has welcomed a report on RG97 as a “thorough and considered study of a complex area” but says that more needs to be done to address exemptions fo...

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Superannuation

The Grattan Institute has countered claims that the Government’s Budget changes to insurance inside superannuation will increase group insurance premiums, asserting they ...

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Superannuation

Deductible super contributions have led adviser queries in the first full financial year they’ve been offered beyond the self-employed, according to BT Financial Advice. ...

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Superannuation

Colonial First State has told the Productivity Commission that the involvement of advisers in retail super funds together with an older member demographic makes compariso...

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