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Super tax breaks review could save $6.6bn: Grattan

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Better targeting of superannuation contributions tax breaks could save the budget $3.9 billion a year and increasing taxes on superannuation earnings of retirees could raise another $2.7 billion, Grattan Institute research shows. "The current system ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
ASIC's updated fee and cost disclosure requirements for superannuation funds have sparked controversy among industry stakeholders. The regulator released Regulatory Guide 97 Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements, which includes a ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... secretary-general for financial markets, Adrian Blundell-Wignall. Opening a global pension summit at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual conference in Brisbane this morning, Blundell-Wignall said globally the most important ...

BT makes three investment hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... experience working across various industries, most recently as manager, investment strategies at Sunsuper. "As superannuation funds continue to grow, so too will the demand for specialist investment services that cater for the needs of fund members over ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Financial advice, and not investment alpha, is what ultimately delivers better retirement incomes for superannuation fund members, SuperEd co-founder Jeremy Duffield said. "Advice can make a bigger difference to retirement income than investment management," ...

Vision Super calling all low balance members

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... is about to happen, and should they prefer to stay with Vision Super, support them and their employer have their superannuation guarantee payments moved. "We will also offer free super searches, where we will go out and look for any other lost super ...

Mercer enters new engagement era

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Mercer believes superannuation administration as a record-keeping service is no longer a sustainable business plan and has reshaped its administrative services to "an era of engagement". Launching the Super Genome Project, Mercer has rolled out of a ...

Super lifetime cap could increase budget costs: Budget Office

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Placing a lifetime cap on voluntary superannuation contributions could actually end up costing more money to the budget, a report by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) commissioned by the Greens found. The Greens commissioned the report in light ...

MLC takes axe to life insurance premiums

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... beginning its customer smartwatch fitness program, almost completing a year-long campaign to make the insurer and superannuation provider more competitive. New customers will see stepped premiums for life cover insurance and total and permanent disability ...

Super changes won't close gender retirement gap: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has told a Senate inquiry that changes to the super system will not be enough to close the retirement savings gender gap. The AIST is calling for all workforce, pay and super policies to be ...