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Royal Commission tables life insurance policy questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Numerous policy questions that arose from the life insurance round of the Royal Commission could shake up the direct life insurance segment and potentially ban conflicted remuneration in risk products. The document, released yesterday, questions the ...

Contrarian manager enters super sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... find the right superannuation fund for its employees. Examining several aspects such as industry versus retail funds and default versus choice, de Lange said the right option was hard to find as investment options and prices were being managed disproportionately. ...

AMP defaulted members as smokers: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... employer-sponsored super fund but remaining with the super fund provider and moved to a different product. If the member has default life insurance cover, premiums charged would consequently change. Members fall into one of the following categories ...

SMSFs outperforming MySuper: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... SG360 SMSF Reference Index, delivered 10.5% per annum (before fees and tax) in the year to July 2018. Meanwhile the SG360 Default Index, which tracks the performance of default MySuper products, returned 10.2% per annum. Over a three-year period, returns ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... 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 recommendations for the employee ...

Insurance in super code weak: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
ASIC's latest review into insurance in superannuation shows the industry still has "significant weaknesses" despite the launch of the voluntary code of practice nine months ago. Over 2017-18, ASIC reviewed 47 superannuation trustees, which included ...

Industry funds launch account matching initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... likely to have two or more accounts. This finding is consistent with the widely held view that young people continually default as they move through various casual jobs, it said.

Industry body rejects ABA banking code

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... said. Lawrence said several provisions in the COBA code are stronger than the current ABA code. COBA said this includes default fees, protection for guarantors, reverse mortgage protections, clearer language around responsible lending, more sympathetic ...

Retail super funds reject MySuper delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... it accepts it may have engaged in conduct that fell below community standards and expectations with respect to accrued default amounts (ADA). Colonial First State executive general manager Linda Elkins blamed the limitation of CBA's systems and lack ...

Super assets hit new record

STEPHEN FAY, DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... so-called 'sub scale' funds are somehow unsustainable. First Super reported annual returns of 10.68% in its Balanced (default) option, 11.9% in Growth, and 13.91% in Shares Plus. "The big funds, some regulators and some media commentators would like ...