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Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... by the industry resisting changes that would ensure people end up in better performing products. "The Productivity Commission proposed a suite of options, including 'best in show', which would have the immediate effect of stopping more people's ...

It's time for super to move on: Combet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... ISA chair, the arguments of the past between retail and industry super need to end, especially given the Productivity Commission "validated" industry super's rhetoric of outperformance compared to its retail counterparts. In so doing, the industry can ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... help Frydenberg push through numerous legislative reforms stemming from the banking Royal Commission and Productivity Commission inquiry into superannuation. This includes the proposed conduct accountability regime, single default account, advice fee ...

Association policy lead to join Treasury

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... reforms, the establishment of FASEA and its educational and ethical standards, the Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission's superannuation review. George provided a summary and analysis of the Federal Budget for the SMSFA every year, which ...

Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... comparison that focuses on risk as the key metric. The propensity for research houses, the media - and even the Productivity Commission - to use average returns as the ultimate yardstick for outperformance has drawn the ire of some that are being unfairly ...

More jobs more problems: FSC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... account, while the old one gets eroded by fees and charges." The FSC supports the recommendation of the Productivity Commission and the Royal Commission that super members should be defaulted into a super account only once and should remain in that account ...

Jane Hume to address AFA Conference

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... cleaning up the inefficiencies that prevent members from retiring with more money, as recommended by the Productivity Commission. This week, Hume and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the government will introduce legislation this week to end the payment ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... "entirely appropriate" for the Government to commission a retirement income review as recommended by the Productivity Commission, adding it was "no good putting more money into superannuation if that superannuation system is broken, as we believe it ...

NFP funds dominate group insurance market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... fund's brand, profile and reputation, Rainmaker said. The recent financial services Royal Commission and Productivity Commission put the spotlight on group insurance, proposing fundamental changes to these insurance arrangements. One example is making ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... assertion that the Government would launch a review into the retirement income system as recommended by the Productivity Commission." However the former AustralianSuper staffer failed to reveal anything further, leaving many in the industry with doubts ...