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Engagement should be easier: Productivity Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... products, oft-changing rules, and a lack of easy-to-understand information all in the firing line. The report said competition in superannuation was affected by regular changes to the system, and the challenges members face in figuring out who to turn ...

The problem the Productivity Commission is trying to fix

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... strategy you assess. Yet in the midst of this the superannuation system has been allowed to operate largely shielded from competition and protected because of government compulsion that makes its unlawful for consumers to not buy its products. While ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... shortlist of MySuper products, despite feedback from the industry that feared it would "game" the process and harm competition. Members should be able to choose their own super product from a best-in-show shortlist of "exemplary" default funds, the Productivity ...

ASFA, ISA, FSC weigh in on the final report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... allocating default super. "This approach risks creating an oligopoly in default superannuation and reducing long-term competition." The report confirms the overall strength and relevance of the Australian superannuation system, including the importance ...

ACCC close to approving tobacco-free certification

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
... Non-profit organisation Tobacco Free Portfolios is pushing to trademark 'tobacco-free' with Australia's competition watchdog and for the benefit of investors. The ACCC said it is considering accepting Tobacco Free Portfolios' application ...

APRA lifts interest-only restrictions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
Australia's banks can now move back into interest-only lending, and their peak industry body says competition will increase as a result. This week APRA announced it would remove the 30% benchmark for new interest-only residential mortgages, which it ...

Super funds defend $5bn infrastructure investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... superannuation funds will contest allegations from the ACCC that a 2013 purchase of two New South Wales ports breached competition law. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against NSW ...

Asset managers join diversity program

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... as well as people from diverse backgrounds." "The initiative will ramp up next year, with our National Investments Competition to be run in universities across the country in partnership with the University Network of Investing and Trading society," ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... independence, the think tank said. Super fund admin fee could rise If Labor's policy is legislated, it would reduce competition and naturally push up the administration fees for superannuation funds, SMSF administration provider SuperConcepts said ...

BEAR should be expanded, ASIC included: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... non-executive members. This is in contrast to the FCA, the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong, the ACCC, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority and the Reserve Bank, she added. "There are concerns that I have when I look at the current ...