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Alex Dunnin
Executive Director, Research & Compliance, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd
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Mutt funds no longer welcome
What was Australia's top performing super fund in FY 2018? Was it the Triple S responsible option's 9.8%? Was it Qantas' 11.6% that they achieved for their millennial life stage members? Was ...
FHSSS is a bigger reform than we think
Obsessive reaction to the Budget bank tax is distracting many people from properly appreciating the power play that is the First Home Super Savings Scheme (FHSSS). This is because in setting up a scheme ...
Australia's new public enemy No 1
Australian consumers have a new enemy. While much is made about some financial advice and insurance scandals, excessive fees, poor disclosure and low accountability, at least these problems have become ...
Global energy policy - follow the money
As Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States it's time to seriously assess how his presidency will impact global investors. The easy part of this is how it will impact US ...
Take the risk out of insurance reform
Dysfunctional arguments Americans have regarding their Affordable Care Act remind us how poorly most people understand insurance. Following the election of Donald Trump on 8th November speculation is ...
Forget Abenomics, worry about avocadonomics
Baby boomer parents must be so proud. Fearing their young people were refusing to learn from the wisdom of their elders it seems Australia's young millennials have been listening more intently than anyone ...
Welcome to the Hunger Games
The superannuation industry may bemoan perpetual inquiries but that didn't prevent a frenzied reaction to the Productivity Commission's latest issues paper into how the PC may recommend to government ...
Aging gracefully. Sometimes.
There was thinking that defining the objective of superannuation in legislation would fix things. Not so apparently. Sunday newspapers reported recently that families were being granted access to their ...
I love the smell of NAPLAN in the morning
As a young high school teacher in country NSW, parent teacher nights were events to dread: "You don't have children do you, Mr Dunnin?" "No," I would answer. "It shows," they would say back to me with ...
Is there a war on young people?
Musician and guitarist Paul Kantner from the iconic San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane once famously said "if you can remember anything about the sixties you weren't really there". Kantner ...
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HARRISON WORLEY
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has called out an "unholy coalition" attacking superannuation.
Super chief opposes SG increase
ELIZA BAVIN
The chief executive of a $5.5 billion industry superannuation fund has spoken out against increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% in a submission to the Retirement Income Review.
AustralianSuper SG modelling paints dismal picture
KANIKA SOOD
The average female member of Australia's largest superannuation fund will not be able to achieve a comfortable retirement even with a 12% superannuation guarantee, according to the fund's internal modelling.
Industry fund awards mandate
ELIZABETH MCARTHUR
A $7 billion industry fund has awarded a mandate for an indexing strategy.
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So far, Jo-Anne Bloch's career has seen her spend time across each of super's thickly drawn lines. After speaking to the Mercer head of industry and public sector, Harrison Worley writes about the value of the lessons learned between each one.
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