... delivering strong member outcomes consistently, Howes says, will be the ones that survive the process - whatever branch of the industry they come from. The Productivity Commission's 'best in show' list of super funds, which continues to split ... Read more

Today's wealth management industry is seeing an unprecedented level of increasing regulatory pressure on banks, superannuation and investment funds in relation to disclosure and transparency of costs and fees and data automation. For these businesses ... Read more

... 20). In the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, Commissioner Hayne appears to be in favour of mergers and also recommended that trustees be prohibited from being in other ... Read more

... retirement savings to their operations is the sole purpose test (SPT). In the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission the industry regulator, APRA, is about to examine the ways in which funds are grappling with running their operations in an increasingly ... Read more

... the Productivity Commission's 'best in show' shortlist recommendation has attracted intense criticism from industry. To progress the debate, CoreData has formulated a customer-centric methodology for identifying the 10 'best in show' ... Read more

... banking is a double-edged sword. And it's a key reason why most of the innovation we've seen in the financial services industry to date has been focused on products, rather than on services. Super and banking are two industries that rely on apathy. It's ... Read more

... industrial awards." Cox helped convert an existing fund the pilot federation had at the time into a "lean and mean" industry fund that operated successfully. He was the trustee director of the Aviation Industry Superannuation Trust for over 20 years. ... Read more

... receiving. We are taking the services to them in the heart of the hardest places in the country." The superannuation industry has almost $18 billion of wages, she adds. "It's not a good report card." What Young would like to see is more support and ... Read more

... Australia's industry super funds. The investment performed poorly. What interested the Royal Commission was how the industry fund responded to a deteriorating situation. The industry fund became actively engaged with its investment manager and participated ... Read more

... blame "culture" for what we've found. Even at the point where I'd hit 10 years' experience in the Australian industry, I barely knew what the phrase "conflicts of interest" even meant. It was moving to Canada and randomly finding myself doing ... Read more