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Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
The heartbeat of a Productivity Commission review in to superannuation efficiency and competitiveness comes from the same super system that has operated for decades. The Commission will assess Australia's $2 trillion retirement savings structure through ...

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... and make practical recommendations to government on areas for regulatory reform, including through the Productivity Commission's inquiry."

PC to deliver Super 2.0: FSC

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
FSC chief executive Sally Loane said the Productivity Commission review into the super system should deliver the "next generation of superannuation." Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference, Loane said she meant ...

Is default super dated?

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... representative groups still can't agree on the best step forward for Australia's default superannuation system. The Productivity Commission is examining alternative models for placing Australians into default superannuation products and begins its study ...

Default super system splits industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
As part of its hefty work reviewing superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency the Productivity Commission is examining what the $2 trillion system would look like without any default funds. The idea of no default funds is forming a baseline for ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Blunt messages are being sent to the Productivity Commission as it prepares to conduct its comprehensive review of superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency. Responding to the Commission's recent draft measurement framework, the Australian Centre ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... upheld while a balance is sought to deliver meaningful information to members. ASIC recently told the Productivity Commission it is conscious administrators need to be adequately funded if the $2 trillion super system is to work smoothly and without ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Among its complex and broad assessment of superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency the Productivity Commission says it intends to review data on the extent to which tax is a motivator for setting up an SMSF. The Commission accepts there are several ...

Competition not super's silver bullet: PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
The Productivity Commission says competition among Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system "is not an end in itself" to assure efficiency. In releasing its proposed framework to assess super's efficiency and competitiveness the Commission has ...

State governments must divest energy networks: CEDA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... speakers such as IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury; CEDA national chairman Paul McClintock; Productivity Commission chairman Peter Harris; and Infrastructure Victoria chief executive Michel Masson.