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Retirement income review welcomed: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... proposed move. "I am positively disposed to a review of the retirement income system as recommended by the Productivity Commission," Frydenberg told the AFR. He also pointed to the backlog of superannuation reforms that remain outstanding from the Government's ...

Compulsory super detrimental: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... balance, saying the median super balance in retirement is currently zero. For this statistic, he cites a 2015 Productivity Commission report. "It is far harder to be comfortable if you do not own your home, suggesting that in terms of retirement priorities ...

Government to revisit retirement incomes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... superannuation. "I am positively disposed to a review of the retirement income system as recommended by the Productivity Commission," Frydenberg told the AFR. "There are a number of superannuation reforms that remain outstanding from the last term of ...

Super gets an insider in ministry reshuffle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... her experience inside AustralianSuper as the Government looks to implement its ongoing responses to the Productivity Commission and Royal Commission. "I'm not making announcements today, but our response to the Productivity Commission will be handled ...

Members ignorant about super fund differences: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... Emphasise the importance of their account balance is increasing over paying attention to returns. The Productivity Commission found that while most members were in funds that delivered good investment returns, millions of members were in funds that persistently ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... won't be in members' interest because they have marginal impact on sequencing risk. However, as the Productivity Commission said, by the nature of seeking to de-risk early, they can have quite a significant impact on final balance of members," ...

Frontier highlights best in show list weaknesses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
New research from Frontier Advisors highlights the misplaced focus and potential pitfalls of the Productivity Commission's proposed 'best in show' list. Given the strong imperative for the superannuation sector to consolidate, the white ...

Superannuation mergers strike oligopoly fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... a primary duty to ensure the fund provides benefits to its members on their retirement," he adds. The Productivity Commission urged the regulators to do more to facilitate mergers between underperforming or subscale funds following its three-year review ...

ASIC delays choice product dashboards

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... subjected to ongoing delays since 2015 after being introduced with the Stronger Super reforms, she said. The Productivity Commission, she pointed out, recommended introducing choice product dashboards as soon as possible. "Waiting another four years ...

Banks push to leave vertical integration on the table

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... inherent conflicts. "I cannot say that the benefits of requiring separation would outweigh the costs, and the Productivity Commission concluded that 'forced structural separation is not likely to prove an effective regulatory response to competition ...