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Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... changing between generations over time," said Actuaries Institute chief executive Elayne Grace said. "It helps inform public debate, and government policy, to deliver the best and fairest outcomes for all Australians. We need policy and outcomes that ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... their own money more closely. We expect the Review will comment on this critical component of our system," it said. Recent debate on the subject includes floating the idea of restricting the number of superannuation funds to just 10 ("best in show" ...

Changes to advice incoming: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... you're a heretic if you question the super system today, but the fact is in terms of owning a home we need to have a debate around reversing the decline in home-ownership in Australia."

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... and Financial Services looking into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry sparked a heated debate today. Menzies Research Centre chief of staff James Mathias was questioned on the Menzies Research Centre's submission ...

Netwealth booms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... increasing our footprint, opportunities and capacity to add new managers." Cash transactional account balances, often of much debate in the industry, reduced to under 10% of FUA during the financial year. However, fee paying FUA increased to 63.1%, as ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Industry Super Australia's internal analysis has explored the other side of the superannuation guarantee debate, finding the costs of an increase in mandated savings may be shared between both employers and workers. A piece of internal analysis ...

Zenith defends LICs/LITs

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... was already weakening prior to the COVID-19 crisis. "Sentiment was already soft in the sector following the stamping fee debate in Q4 2019, which caused some LICs and LITs to increasingly trade away from their underlying value," he said. "Most managed ...

Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... out the firm appeared to focus on MySuper, thus tilting it toward not-for-profit funds. "It's hard to have a serious debate about efficiency in the superannuation industry if you don't include in your scope the 50% of it held in retail super ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... superannuation contributions reduce wages, especially for different wage cohorts, is still the subject of much academic debate. Some within the industry now speculate that the SG might be rounded to 10% (which starts from July 2021) and then be deferred ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... hugging benchmarks pretty tightly, and yet they're paying high fees," Carver said. "I think a big part of the passive debate is actually not an investment debate. It's not about whether active or passive is the is the superior way to get access ...