 JASON ROSS | THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019 ... Bill passes, there will be even fewer insurance policies within super in the future. The $2.8 trillion superannuation industry needs to continue to provide a fair and efficient system to help people save towards retirement. After all, money saved in ... Read more  MICHELLE LEVY | THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019 ... fund (which an advice fee must be) at the direction of the member. That would breach section 58 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (the SIS Act) which prohibits the trustee of a superannuation fund exercising its powers under the governing ... Read more  KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019 ... 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  ROSHAN RANASINGHE | FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019 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  SHAUN MCGUSHIN | THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019 ... 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  GEOFF BROOKS | THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019 ... 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  JASON ANDRIESSEN | THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019 ... 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  KRISTEN TURNBULL | TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019 ... 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 KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019 ... 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 KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019 ... 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 |
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