productivity commission

Superannuation

VisionSuper appears to have overlooked the origins of industry super out of the Prices and Incomes Accord in its submission to the PC on retaining the existing default su...

Expert Analysis

The Government and the Productivity Commission should pay heed to the superannuation industry’s unanimity around the value of insurance within superannuation....

Insurance

TAL has urged the Government to review health act provisions to enable insurers to pay some of the medical and hospital expenses necessary to get injured workers back to ...

Superannuation

A Productivity Commission issues paper has suggested the original rationales for the current default funds regime are not longer as relevant as they used to be....

Superannuation

The number of super funds insourcing services such as investment and administration needs to be properly weighed as a factor in measuring industry competition....

Superannuation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has told the Productivity Commission that low fees do not necessarily equate to good outcomes for super fund members....

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been told that super fund members would be better served by funds adopting standardised terms and descriptors....

Financial advice

Mike Taylor writes that despite the discussion prompted by the release of a Productivity Commission research paper, it represents a signpost to the big policy changes for...

Superannuation

Vanguard’s Robin Bowerman says the Government should not be misled by the notion of a “lump sum mentality”....

Superannuation

FSC submission argues the industrial judiciary abrogated its responsibility to create a fair and transparent system around default superannuation funds under modern award...

Financial advice

Shadow Minister for Superannuation Mathias Cormann has called on the Government to immediately fix the current anti-competitive default superannuation selection arrangeme...

Financial advice

The Productivity Commission has questioned whether Fair Work Australia or another body ought to be selecting default superannuation funds under modern awards....

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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. ...

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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 ...

5 months ago

Iress has issued an update denying the validity of “certain statements” made today by an alleged threat actor....

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The research house has offered a silver lining after super fund returns saw the end of a five-month streak last month....

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A survey of almost 6,000 fund members has identified weakening retirement confidence, particularly among those under 55 years of age, signalling an opportunity for super ...

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