YOUR FUTURE YOUR SUPER

Superannuation

Super Consumers Australia has backed a proposal for better visibility of superannuation assets in divorce proceedings, saying the current measures disproportionally affec...

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Superannuation

A second stage as part of the super test benchmark is needed to avoid relying on automation which could create issues similar to that of the Robodebt saga, according to t...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has called on the Senate to agree to amendments in the Your Future, Your Super bill to prevent workers being trapped in underperforming products....

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Life/Risk

The proposed stapling of superannuation funds may leave some members ineligible to claim against their own policy after paying premiums if they are injured or ill while w...

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Superannuation

At the same time as the Government looks to put a regulatory framework around the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority super performance tests, a financial adviser ...

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Superannuation

Some of the worst-performing super products have been carved out of the performance test putting consumers at risk of being stapled to a dud fund, according to the Austra...

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Superannuation

Administration fees are one of the biggest drains on retirement savings and including them in the test will drive fast improvements to the super savings of over a million...

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Superannuation

Some 21 MySuper products currently on offer in the market and holding over $100 billion in funds are under-performers and their members simply don’t realise it, according...

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Expert Analysis

The changes coming into force with the Your Future, Your Super reforms, writes Joe Brasacchio, present an opportunity for super funds to improve their member engagement....

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Superannuation

Superannuation industry associations may be facing significant consolidation as the Government’s new legislation forces to superannuation funds to justify spending member...

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Superannuation

Industry funds who have sponsored a major television advertising campaign against the Government’s Your Future, Your Super legislation have been accused of seeking to bul...

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Superannuation

The Government’s controversial Your Future, Your Super and it best financial interests duty has placed SMSF trustees at risk, according to the major accounting groups....

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Superannuation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has made clear how it sees the controversial reversal of the evidential burden of proof playing out around the propos...

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Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has backed a controversial key element of the Government’s Your Future, Your Super legislation which reverses the legal bur...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has been accused of extraordinary and undemocratic legislative over-reach by trying to gain control of how superannuation funds invest on behalf of...

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