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Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
Bill Shorten, the newly-appointed Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, re-affirmed the government's plan to raise SG to 12 per cent and implement key reforms proposed in the Cooper Review. Speaking at an industry luncheon hosted by the ...

Full steam ahead for MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has cited Australians' concerns that super is too complex as a key reason why MySuper will be implemented as planned. Minister Shorten quoted research from Colmar Brunton that showed consumers generally find information ...

MySuper gets Government tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Gillard Government has approved the MySuper reforms as part of its agenda to boost Australians' retirement incomes. Over the weekend, Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave the green light to MySuper, with existing super funds able to offer MySuper products ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
Superannuation industry associations have welcomed the government's MySuper reforms but one industry body said more should be done to protect and encourage competition within the market. Pauline Vamos, chief executive at the Association of Superannuation ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... model," said Fiona Reynolds, AIST chief. "While all sectors of the industry will have to make changes to offer a MySuper product, not-for-profit funds are much closer to the mark than other funds," she said. Reynolds said that the MySuper reforms would ...

Cooper recommends info dashboard for members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... index (CPI) over a rolling 10 year period. The outcomes should have a standard way of projecting liquidity in the MySuper product or investment option, so members understand how easily they can withdraw or access their funds. Fees will be ranked against ...

Cooper Review unveils MySuper, officially

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... to provide optimal retirement savings for its members. Otherwise, the Review suggests the fund "must pool its MySuper product assets with the MySuper products of other trustees or merge its MySuper members and operations with other funds to reach the ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... forced mergers is the proposal's requirement that "A trustee must form the view, on an annual basis, that its MySuper product has sufficient scale on its own (with respect to both assets and number of members) to provide optimal retirement savings for ...