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Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
ASIC chair James Shipton has admitted the corporate regulator was too reliant on negotiating resolutions with financial services firms and flagged litigation could take precedence, the Royal Commission heard. Shipton told counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

ASIC to ramp up trustee visits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... added. It will also ramp up efforts in consumer testing and shadow shopping, particularly as the new Superannuation Consumers' Centre gets up and running. While it's easy to get caught up in the fact that the Royal Commission focused more on retail super ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
An advocacy body for superannuation fund members established in 2013 will finally become fully operational thanks to $2.5 million in penalties paid by CBA and ANZ for the mis-selling of super products. The Superannuation Consumers' Centre will receive ...

Sunsuper and AFA partner for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... panel. Her previous role was chair of Australian consumer advocacy group Choice where she created the Superannuation Consumers' Centre. Mack also holds directorships with Food Standards Australia and New Zealand and the Travel Compensation Fund.A She ...

Low risk choice poses high risk on savings: survey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... investment markets and inflation are the two main risks when it comes to superannuation savings. Most superannuation consumers are only aware of the risks of volatility, whereas the risk that investment returns do not sufficiently outpace the rise in ...

New centre to lead advocacy for super fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... centre could help Australians add at least $4 billion more to their retirement kitty. The Centre for Superannuation Consumers is due to kick off on July 1 st this year, Jenni Mack, chair of Choice and a member of the establishment committee, announced ...

CPSA brands super centre wasteful

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... opportunity for the superannuation industry to demonstrate its commitment to ensuring the interests of superannuation consumers are well represented in the development of reforms and will help to ensure that the centre is well resourced to perform this ...

Super FUM up 3.6pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... 33,000 increase in the number of SMSFs through the year as cost conscious, performance oriented high-end superannuation consumers vote with their wallets and go it alone and exit the wealth sector. The economic flow measure of return of assets, not to ...

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... superannuation industry continues to structure itself around the aspirational concept that mass market superannuation consumers should be highly engaged. The disconnect this creates helps explain why in occupational super funds many members leave their ...
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