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ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
ASIC confirmed it will look further into the links between superannuation funds and employers in 2019. ASIC said one of its 2019 priorities is to examine the relationship between superannuation funds and employers, who assume great responsibility in ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
Workplace Super Specialists Australia is calling for employer funds to be included in the Productivity Commission's proposed best-in-show list of recommended default superannuation funds. WSSA chief executive Douglas Latto said if the Productivity Commission's ...

The future lies in wellness: WSSA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
Advisers specialising in the workplace superannuation space are ideally placed to offer online financial wellness programs and should be looking to broaden their services, according to Workplace Super Specialists Australia. WSSA president Terry Rhodes ...

Women behind in financial wellness survey

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Women are "overrepresented" in low financial wellness indices, according to Workplace Super Specialists Australia research. The WSSA Financial Wellness index was developed in partnership with CoreData, and essentially defines the extent to which a given ...

MySuper insurance widely misunderstood

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
A lack of understanding around aspects of insurance within MySuper could lead to big problems down the track, according to a panel discussion at the recent Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) annual conference. During a panel session entitled ...

Time to review MySuper effectiveness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
A superannuation advisory group says now is an opportune time for funds and members to review MySuper offerings and question whether it's the solution they were looking for. One of superannuation's largest reforms, the transition of default members ...

Unintended consequences unearthed in super changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Missing detail in the government's superannuation changes laid down in the budget is leaving wealth managers in the dark as to how to advise their clients, a group of leading industry technical services professionals has warned. Around 50 professionals ...

Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
An association for corporate superannuation advisory businesses has labeled the Financial System Inquiry's definition of super's objective as impersonal and believes it should be more meaningful to working Australians. Workplace Super Specialists Australia ...

Intra-fund advice can be improved: WSSA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) chief executive Douglas Latto believes more can be done to improve intra-fund advice for superannuation members in a system that is currently reactive and lacking penetration. Speaking at the inaugural WSSA ...

H&R Block launches SMSF set-up service

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... delivered by conventional super funds and they take the view that they can do better themselves," said H&R Block super specialist Kimberlee Brown, who is leading the new division. "H&R Block's approach to SMSF's is drawn from the same philosophy that ...