productivity commission

Superannuation

Legislation to consolidate low-balance superannuation accounts needs to go further if it is to prevent a cycle of unintended accounts still being created and then consoli...

Editorial

In the wake of a Royal Commission and Productivity Commission report into superannuation, the funds that will come out on top are those willing to publicly lift the lid o...

Superannuation

Having identified more than a dozen underperforming superannuation funds which have subsequently opted to exit the industry, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authorit...

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission’s controversial ‘best in show’ default super fund list could prove hard to break into, as economies of scale see the 10 funds to feature exten...

Superannuation

The ‘top ten’ list of default funds doesn’t adequately respond to the issues with multiple accounts or underperforming super funds identified by the Productivity Commissi...

Superannuation

Rice Warner has warned that the Productivity Commission’s final recommendations could lead to a worse super system, suggesting that the Commission took an overly aggressi...

Superannuation

While the Productivity Commission modified its earlier findings to better reflect true SMSF returns in its final report, Class has warned that aspects of its calculations...

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission has been accused of choosing a political decision on superannuation rather than member best interest....

Superannuation

New research from Roy Morgan confirms any Top 10 superannuation fund list would be dominated by industry funds while AMP emerges with the lowest level of satisfaction amo...

Superannuation

The Institute of Public Accountants has called for more consideration of whether the inefficiencies of the superannuation system are due to a lack of marketplace competit...

Superannuation

The role and accountability of superannuation fund trustees must be reinforced, according to the Institute of Public Accountants....

SMSF

SuperConcepts has warned that the Productivity Commission’s revision of the minimum viability threshold for SMSFs to $500,000 is misleading, saying a figure of half that ...

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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 1 week ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

4 months 2 weeks ago
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 2 weeks ago

A “concerning” number of Aussies don’t know what they pay in super fees, a young super fund has said. ...

21 hours ago

The corporate regulator has shared some ‘disappointing’ findings upon reviewing the public communications of more than 20 trustees with regards to death benefits....

22 hours ago

According to the industry body, funds should have an obligation to transfer members in failing products to better-performing products in a timely way....

22 hours ago