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Superannuation

The determining factor when considering mergers must be the members’ best interests, not whether one or more of the fund in question’s directors will have a place on the ...

Superannuation

The corporate regulators, ASIC and APRA, have been urged to co-regulate in relation to superannuation....

Financial advice

The Royal Commissioner, Kenneth Hayne, has made clear he holds boards and senior management responsible for misconduct where it occurred....

Superannuation

Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has recommended that executives “treating” employers to meals and sports games be prohibited....

Superannuation

The Royal Commission final report has called for trustees to be prevented from assuming any other obligations related to the superannuation fund, while also finding that ...

Financial advice

The Federal Government has committed to a timetable to ending grandfathering and to entertaining life/risk commissions being further reduced....

Superannuation

A number of corporate superannuation mandates may change hands if particular companies are named and shamed in the Royal Commission’s final report, with serious contingen...

Financial advice

Industry Super Australia has told a key Parliamentary Committee that advisers can’t necessarily be trusted when it comes to giving advice around the selection of post-ret...

Superannuation

APRA could have identified poorly performing superannuation funds sooner and before the Royal Commission if it had actually collected and used the right data, according t...

Insurance

The Australian Lawyers Alliance has taken issue with the Financial Services Council’s new life insurance code of conduct arguing that is neither fully enforceable nor tak...

Superannuation

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

Superannuation

The industry funds dominated Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has helped deliver ‘first strikes’ against the remuneration reports of National Australia Bank...

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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 ...

4 months 1 week 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 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...

1 day 8 hours ago

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

2 days ago

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

1 day 14 hours ago