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Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... longevity risk is growing in prominence and we see it coming through financial advisers as well." The Productivity Commission said in its superannuation policy paper last week that individuals might "perceive annuities to be poor value for money as they ...

Raising Preservation Age could be problematic

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... while a separate group says the idea needs to be flexible in allowing early super access. Following a Productivity Commission report on retirement policy, the Financial Services Council (FSC) believes Australians should consider the benefits to their ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... access their age pension, policymakers are pushing ahead with proposals to lift the Preservation Age. The Productivity Commission (PC) has just released research that they believe shows lifting the Preservation Age from its current 55 to 65 years of ...

Productivity Commission to explore financial services exports

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
The government has announced a Productivity Commission review aimed at boosting Australia's services exports across financial services and other industries. "With over 1.5 billion people moving into Asia's middle class over the next 15 years, we need ...

FPA asks for tax deductible advice in budget submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... financial advice cite high cost of advice as a deterrent. The FPA recommends that the Government engage the Productivity Commission to examine the short-term and long-term position of the Budget if the preparation of an initial financial plan and ongoing ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... newly-released ISA white paper on behavioural economics said. The ISA argued that the Murray Inquiry, the Productivity Commission Inquiry "have both rejected calls for deregulation of default fund selection and concluded that members of workplace default ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... care. However, aged care services in Australia are often insufficient, overcrowded and underfunded. A Productivity Commission inquiry on aged care in 2011 found 366 people would be turning 75 years old every day in Australia in 2013, but that the number ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... the FSC to support the FWC process. "The bank owned super funds oppose the process recommended by the Productivity Commission to ensure that default funds served the best interests of its members." "Instead the bank owned super funds want a free for ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... the FSC to support the FWC process. "The bank owned super funds oppose the process recommended by the Productivity Commission to ensure that default funds served the best interests of its members." "Instead the bank owned super funds want a free for ...

'Weaven model' would get best infra deals: IFM

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... management bid. Under the inverted bid model devised by IFM Investors chair Garry Weaven and put to the Productivity Commission by ISA, the long-term owner would come on board at the beginning of a project, and construction, debt and facility management ...