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Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Future Fund chief investment officer Raphael Arndt is confident Australia's sovereign wealth fund can handle the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, thanks to its diversification. Appearing before the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... behind closed doors you can end up with - as we have - an imperfect system," he says. "If you do it in public you get that debate and that contest of ideas where the bad ideas are knocked out and things that prevail are hopefully better for all stakeholders. ...

Industry butt heads over super guarantee

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Superannuation industry professionals are going head to head over Australia's super guarantee system, yet all agree it's time for an upheaval. In a submission to the Treasury's Retirement Income Review Panel, the Actuaries Institute called for universal ...

Industry super steps up SG campaign as RBA weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... campaign to convince the public of the benefits of increasing the superannuation guarantee, as the RBA weighs in to the debate. Industry Super Australia has kicked off a new advertising campaign designed to increase the public's awareness of the legislated ...

SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Grattan Institute has again weighed into the ongoing debate over the necessity of the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee. In a new research paper, Grattan claims workers "overwhelmingly" pay for increases to the super guarantee through ...

New MySuper outcomes tool set for release

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... did for its members versus what AustralianSuper could have done for TWU Super's members." He added it would also open debate as to whether using a single default product to serve the interests of super fund members was a good idea. "In some cases ...

FPA calls for axe to fall on stamping fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... Australians can trust and rely on." However Clime chief executive Rod Bristow has urged the industry to reconsider the debate, commenting that the discussion on conflicted remuneration has "devolved to 'if the conflict exists, it will be exploited.'" ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... Bouris' Yellow Brick Road would exit wealth to focus on mortgages, a referral agreement that was part of the sale sparked debate. As part of the agreement, Sequoia Group will act as the preferred referral partner for YBR's mortgage broking network. ...

Your Super, Your Choice debate heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The Financial Services Council and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees aired some grievances about the planned Your Superannuation, Your Choice legislation. FSC chief executive Sally Loane said while the FSC broadly supports the new ...

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... struggling to make ends meet on the pension, or forced to work until they drop." Wrapping up their contribution to the debate, the ANU researchers said they understood their findings would be at odds with the "strong belief" of some parts of the sector ...