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Best in show, but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... grade. FirstChoice Employer would be the lone retail fund on the list. This is assuming it is three-year returns the expert panel would be using to determine the shortlist, given the Productivity Commission's recommendation to review the best-in-show ...

Best-in-show splits industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... said. At the time the draft report was released, BTFG chief executive Brad Cooper backed the idea of establishing an expert panel to select the best funds to help guide consumer choice. The Commission wants a Federal Government-backed expert panel to ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... super account and fail to make a choice of their own, it said. The shortlist would be compiled by an independent expert panel and assess the list every four years based on investment strategy and performance, fees, governance and innovation default insurance ...

ASIC appoints second deputy chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... Access Capital Advisers and chief executive role at Access Economics. In 2015, Chester was appointed to chair an expert panel to review ASIC's capabilities. The four-month review resulted in a number of key changes to strengthen ASIC. Treasurer Josh ...

Global tech wars disrupt $600m market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Chinese fintechs. At a banking technology conference session held in Sydney last month titled "The Future of Money", an expert panel argued that technology companies such as Amazon, Google and Tencent are starting to rebundle financial services products ...

Best-in-show super fund list should be 11: WSSA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... recommended a best-in-show shortlist of default funds for members who are new to the workforce. The list, selected by an expert panel, would empower members to choose their own product, it said. Members won't be forced to pick from the shortlist, but ...

Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... show" fund today may not be defaulted into a best in show fund for life," he said. He backed concerns about how an expert panel would be chosen. Earlier in the speech, Bowen said he is not interested in feuds between the factions of the superannuation ...

Super fund shortlist practically advice: IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... the total eligible products." The group's final issue with the proposal relates to the idea of an independent expert panel determining which funds make the cut for such a list. In challenging the recommendation, IOOF referred to the Commission's ...

BTFG boss backs PC super proposals

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... fund with them when they switch jobs. It is also on board with a recommendation the Federal Government establish an expert panel to select up to 10 "best in show" funds to help guide consumer choice, while sitting outside the industrial system. "Clearly ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... system in which only those new to the workforce or without an existing super account would be placed in a default. An expert panel would determine the 10 best products which would form a shortlist to be presented to all new workforce entrants, providing ...