Banking Royal Commission

Superannuation

Industry superannuation funds have been confirmed as the winners from the Royal Commission with new research suggesting AMP Limited has been particularly adversely affect...

Superannuation

A beleaguered AMP Super is facing another class action, with Slater and Gordon yesterday filing a legal action on behalf of more than two million Australians....

Superannuation

Making her first official address as Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Senator Jane Hume has today confirmed that the Morrison Government intends to return to the Pr...

Superannuation

The Australian Taxation Office has warned compensation payments from superannuation funds in the fallout of the Banking Royal Commission could have both tax and super imp...

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s decision to impose new licensing conditions on AMP’s superannuation businesses could not have come at a worse time, with ...

Superannuation

Analysis from Willis Towers Watson suggests superannuation fund board members are at risk of being distracted from good strategy by a surfeit of less relevant information...

Superannuation

The standardisation of group insurance terms and conditions could help achieve some of the Banking Royal Commission’s recommendations, a leading insurance law firm has sa...

Superannuation

Annual director elections, non-binding shareholder resolutions, binding votes on remuneration policies, and CEO pay ratios disclosure would all help improve super funds’ ...

Superannuation

The major superannuation funds have told the Treasury they do not want their fees being used to pay for the regulation of other sectors of the financial services industry...

Financial advice

Job opportunities within the finance and insurance services sector were up 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, according to Sunsuper’s Australian Job Index. ...

Financial advice

Challenger has reported that a 13 per cent drop in its annuity sales was the result of lower Japanese sales and disruption to the Australian retail financial advice marke...

Superannuation

New research from industry funds point to a continuing glaring gap between the fees charged by bank-owned retail superannuation funds and those charged by industry funds....

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

4 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

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Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

4 months 1 week ago

Blue Owl Capital, a US asset manager with its eye on ‘marquee investors’ like super funds, has announced the appointment of a senior Future Fund executive as its newest m...

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Australia’s second-largest super fund has confirmed it is expanding its presence in the UK following significant investment in the region....

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While the Financial Advice Association Australia said it supports a performance testing regime “in principle”, it holds reservations about expanding this scope to retirem...

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