Opinion

Is APRA's traffic light rating system for super funds a good move for the future of the industry?

Do you agree superannuation funds underutilise ETFs?

Do you agree superannuation should be voluntary for Australians earning less than $50,000 per annum?

Grattan estimates it will cost middle Australians $30,000 over their lifetime when the Superannuation Guarantee increases to 12%. Do you agree with its modelling?

Lifecycle products have the potential to produce greater benefits than single strategy, balanced products.

Super funds should increase their exposure to unlisted assets.

Single Touch Payroll has improved the payment of employees' superannuation benefits and narrowed the underpayment gap.

Superannuation funds should focus on financing and building local infrastructure rather than investing this money overseas.

Unions should be allowed to leverage their workers' money in the superannuation system to negotiate better working conditions.

There should be more consolidation of superannuation funds.

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Senate secures members' interest changes HARRISON WORLEY Insurance in superannuation is now opt-in only for new members under the age of 25 and those with low account balances, after the government's Putting Members' Interest First super reforms passed through the Senate yesterday.	Intrust Super revamps robo-advice KRISTI CHENG Intrust Super has relaunched its robo-advice offering, increasing the solution's speed while decreasing the user input requirements.

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done HARRISON WORLEY The First Nations Foundation's 2019 Big Super Day Out reconnected more than $9.5 million in superannuation with Indigenous Australians.	Major super funds caught in fraud scandal ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON Several of Australia's largest superannuation funds were targeted by an online fraud syndicate which siphoned millions from share-trading and super accounts.

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