SUPERANNUATION

Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has pointed to people being able to opt-out of insurance inside superannuation via e-mail....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s proposals to make it easier for people to opt-out of insurance within superannuation comes with risks which cannot be ignored....

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Features

Equal gender representation in the financial services industry remains elusive, as unconscious bias, the gender pay gap, and rigid working conditions prevent women from b...

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People & Products

The industry veterans who co-founded BigFuture have brought a new wealth management app to market....

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Superannuation

Superannuation funds which offer post-retirement products will be inherently conflicted with respect to member best interests and should not be afforded a legislative car...

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Superannuation

The Government has only tinkered around the edges by closing off a superannuation guarantee loophole being used by unscrupulous employers, say the industry funds....

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Superannuation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has directly questioned the validity of profit-sharing arrangements between insurers and major superannuati...

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Superannuation

Choice and competition in super would not necessarily increase consumer engagement, while the absence of competition may explain Australia’s robust super system....

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Superannuation

A superannuation fund member who relied on a financial planner’s slideshow to pursue an insurance claim has been told to pursue the planner, not the fund....

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Superannuation

The FSC has suggested removing the ‘default’ super option to give employees greater opportunity to choose their own default super funds....

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Superannuation

Superannuation fund trustees and executives have been warned they are falling short on disclosure, claims handling and other issues following an Australian Securities an...

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Superannuation

The superannuation industry has told the Government it does not want to cross-subsidise the failures of other financial services sectors via a last resort compensation sc...

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Editorial

Recent federal ministerial rhetoric suggests the financial services industry has few friends in high places and difficulty in finding its voice, Mike Taylor writes....

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Tools & guides

Peter Kelly looks at the considerations advisers need to make for their clients in terms of concessional contributions....

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Superannuation

AIST has welcomed the digitalisation of superannuation choice forms, where a default fund must be named....

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