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Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... continue work to remove impediments to retirement income product development. "The Government agrees to extend the choice of fund arrangements to more employees by removing the deemed choice for certain enterprise agreements and workplace determinations." ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... protections against funds or related parties offering inducements, or inappropriately influencing an employer's choice of fund through the threat of industrial disputation, are sufficient. Frydenberg said the government remained committed to lifting ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... allowed to decide who will be the custodian of their money," Loane said. "All employees should be able to exercise choice of fund and all employers should be able to choose any MySuper product to be the default fund for their workplace." Loane added ...

Government needs to allow retail default super

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... MySuper products should be eligible default funds for Australian workplaces. All employees should be able to exercise choice of fund." "If Australians are forced to save a portion of their salary for 40 to 50 years they must be allowed to decide who ...

Views sought on super form changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... calling for submissions on draft legislation that will see employers no longer obligated to provide a standard choice of fund form to temporary residents or to employees when their superannuation funds merge. In November last year federal Minister for ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Most Australians think they can choose their own super fund, however many cannot due a gaping hole in the 2005 choice of fund laws. These laws allow enterprise agreements to remove choice provisions, thereby creating monopolies. This must change to guarantee ...

Industry fund brands stronger than retail

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... can grow their member base and attract the utility-focused consumers who are more likely to be making an active choice of fund," CoreData head of financial services Kristen Turnbull said. "Communicating value is a critical way in which funds can differentiate ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... bargaining agreements may have influenced David Murray in his recommendation that all members, without exception, have choice of fund.

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... member may choose to take their benefits in another way. Impediments to product development should be removed. Choice of fund: Provide all employees with the ability to choose the fund into which their Superannuation Guarantee contributions are paid. ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The infighting between bodies representing the retail and industry sides of superannuation is detrimental to members' interests, according to Taxpayers Australia. The not-for-profit advocacy group said the battle "would be amusing if the consequences ...