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Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... the inequality women face in later life." Separately, the SMSF Association used its submission to label self-managed super funds the "pioneer group" for the retirement income system; with SMSFA chief executive John Maroney convinced SMSFs can help the ...

Future Fund chief to lead IFM Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... products, continue to grow and evolve as an organisation, and to be leaders in responsible investment. "The industry super funds movement has now clearly reached a scale where we can attract the very best corporate leaders in the world." Future Fund ...

ISA reaffirms stance on super guarantee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... are inefficiencies and inequities that can be improved," ISA said. ISA's submission to the review recommended that super funds need to meet performance benchmarks or be removed from the system by APRA, expanding workplace award coverage and lowering ...

Industry split over super fee hike

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
A new fee introduced by Australia's largest superannuation fund has divided the industry, with many questioning its legitimacy. Earlier this month AustralianSuper notified members it would be introducing a new fee called 'Administration fee ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Latest research shows retail super funds hit back in 2019, outperforming industry super funds across the year as impact of a tough final quarter in 2018 begins to fade. New analysis from Rainmaker published by SelectingSuper shows retail super funds ...

New MySuper outcomes tool set for release

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... feedback set to inform the tool's further development. Bucknell said the tool should be useful for testing the claims super funds make about the outcomes they deliver for their members. "There's a million stories underneath this. Some funds say ...

The growing risk to financial advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... damaged following the Royal Commission and show Australians the value of the advice they provide." Hutton believes super funds would already be looking for ways to fill the gap in the advice industry, with many industry funds already providing advice ...

Government opens BEAR extension consultation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, the government has taken steps to extend the Banking Executive Accountability regime to include super funds and other APRA-regulated entities. Set to be known as the Financial Accountability Regime, the extended regime will ...

Your Super, Your Choice debate heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Australians into new funds they did not choose, creating problems for individuals such as those who have a self-managed super funds, made specific investment choices in their existing fund or have chosen insurance levels, effectively forcing these individuals ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... an unimportant and ineffective asset," Kwan said in a press release. "It is not currently mandatory for Australian super funds to provide enough detail to know whether the investment of your super aligns with your core values." The release went on to ...