What if your super fund's biggest cost isn't on any report you've seen?BY BEN STYLES | FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026 1:23PM The cost of poor-quality onboarding and incomplete member data is not something most super funds can easily put a number on, but that needs to change.
 Honey, my insurance swallowed the super fundAs more financial products embrace direct distribution it creates an opportunity for Netflixising superannuation funds to select which company they partner ... We need leadership, but whose?What do you call a leader with no followers? Just someone out taking a walk. Budget 2014 and Australia's changed social contractIt's three weeks since the Abbott government's first budget and while the politics is yet to play out what is crystal clear is how fundamentally this ... Dashing dashboards and balderdashWhile funds have been working to improve their MySuper product dashboards, for some funds their dashboards have imploded into an information solution ... MySuper's default super performance rebootMySuper has rebooted default investment choice comparisons for employer super funds by introducing a massive 'survivorship bias' affect which fundamentally ... Make your own mojoIf Holden, Ford and Qantas couldn't build successful enough brands in Australia to sustain their businesses then low engagement products like super funds ... Attack of the killer algorithmsPeople who think working in financial services is a surefire way to build a long lasting lucrative career may need to think again because technology may ... Revving up for the next reviewThe government has released a superannuation discussion paper and while some people have already interpreted it as an attack on industry funds, this is ... The other 99 per centThe frenzy around super funds setting up member direct options will be a good thing if it results in improved services across the board, upgraded online ... We the people ... who are fund membersIf even Australia's federal Labor Party can hold a public ballot to elect their national leader it might be time to ask when democracy is going to come ... |
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