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Consumers find super 'mind-boggling', survey shows

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Commission (ASIC). The purpose of the survey, conducted by Latitude Insights, was to test the design of the MySuper product dashboard. However, it unearthed a widespread antipathy towards superannuation among consumers. One respondent described the experience ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... interest groups on the other side calling for total disclosure. The paper also looked at standards for the choice product dashboard, questioning whether it should have the same standards as the MySuper product dashboard. The paper looked at whether returns ...

Product Dashboard could spook risk-averse members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Increased data reporting on the Product Dashboard could see risk-averse members making overly cautious and ultimately self-defeating investment decisions, according to Tom Garcia, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Stronger Super transparency rules too stringent: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... called on Treasury to loosen transparency requirements associated with the Stronger Super reforms, including the product dashboard, portfolio holdings disclosure requirements, and Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) requirements. In a submission to the ...

AIST calls for accuracy on product dashboard

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... Trustees (AIST) is calling for higher standards of accuracy on investment return estimates for the MySuper online product dashboard. In a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), AIST said there must be strict probability ...

Last-minute Stronger Super reprieve averts "ludicrous situation"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... measures, after many in the industry said it was impossible to comply. The first measure to be deferred is the product dashboard for MySuper products, which has been put off until 31 December 2013. The second reprieve regards new content requirements ...

APRA finalises Stronger Super reporting standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... Disclosed. APRA further expects that these two reporting standards, along with draft Reporting Standard SRS 700.0 Product Dashboard will be released in the coming weeks for further consultation. APRA Deputy Chairman Ross Jones said, "Where an entity ...

MySuper draft regs released for consultation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... standard format for how MySuper products will disclose their performance and other characteristics is known as a 'product dashboard' and is intended to provide a one-page, consumer-friendly summary of key performance indicators. These indicators will ...

APRA to require funds to lodge 35 data forms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... 35 reporting forms that replace the current reporting requirements. Once the legislative requirements for the product dashboard are finalised, APRA will release two additional forms relating to the content of MySuper product and choice product dashboards," ...

Product dashboards critical to MySuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Online product dashboard provisions under MySuper legislation will be critical to defining how MySuper will work in practice. According to the project director of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) David Haynes, the product dashboard ...