 Jason Ross Head of Superannuation Research, Rainmaker Information Pty Ltd (at time of writing)
JASON ROSS | MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020 Back in the 80s and 90s a hot topic was the hole in the ozone layer. As the hole was above Australia, we suffered due to the actions of other nations. Read more JASON ROSS | FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019 Like many people in the industry, when first seeing APRA's heat map I thought that someone at APRA had figured out how to use conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel. Read more JASON ROSS | FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019 Superannuation funds have until December 1 to send out notices regarding changes to default insurance to all affected members. But what are the final changes and what are the important decisions super funds need to make? Read more JASON ROSS | THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019 Insurance within superannuation has never been under so much pressure. The Protecting Your Superannuation (PYS) package, which came into effect on July 1, is expected to close some four million insurance policies. This is equivalent to 14% of all insurance ... Read more JASON ROSS | THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019 Project teams in superannuation funds are now scrambling trying to make sure they get the changes they have to make by 1 July 2019. But what are the final changes? Read more PAGE: 1 |
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