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Super's objective needs to get personal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... working Australians. Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) has submitted to Treasury that the primary objective of super should be to "support working Australians in providing an income sufficient to maintain a standard of living in retirement ...

Federal Government told to stop 'tinkering' with superannuation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... submission to the Commonwealth Government ahead of the 2016 budget, the FSC has released its proposed definition of 'objective of super'. The FSC's definition of the objective of super is; 'to deliver dignity and independence for all Australians in retirement ...

Mercer calls for total retirement income perspective

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
In response to the Federal Government's objective of superannuation discussion paper Mercer called for clear short and long term objectives to provide secure retirement for all Australians. In a statement Mercer welcomed the government's invitation ...

Industry reacts to super objective

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
Industry commentators have come out broadly in support of the discussion paper outlining the formal objective of Australia's superannuation system released yesterday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane said the move to formalise ...

Govt announces superannuation's objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
The government has released a discussion paper outlining the formal objective of Australia's superannuation system that it proposes to enshrine in legislation. The words the government is proposing are the same as those recommended by the Financial ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... retirement - means you have choices and control of your lives," Morrison said. The Treasurer said enshrining the objective of super in legislation will not only inspire confidence in the system it will also provide a valuable yardstick to measure competing ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Properly calibrating the superannuation system is the most important policy change from the Murray review of the financial system. Super could be sharper, leaner and easier to understand. That's why the Murray proposals to define the objective of superannuation ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called for a bipartisan commitment to 12% superannuation contributions by 2022 in her keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference on the Gold Coast. "With average balances still low - at $70,000 ...

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
Superannuation is hotting up as one of the most emotive battlegrounds on which the Federal election will be fought. A new survey from Sunsuper, published last week, finds that more than two-thirds of Australians (68%) believe that superannuation will ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Dignity is the primary goal of the country's retirement system, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia reminded the Federal Government yesterday. Speculation over changes that both the Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition would ...