In the wake of a Royal Commission and Productivity Commission report into superannuation, the funds that will come out on top are those willing to publicly lift the lid o...
With a Federal Election looming, 2019 is emerging as a significant change year for the Australian superannuation industry....
If both the Royal Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority are confused about interpreting breaches of the sole purpose test, perhaps it is time for ...
The latest round of Royal Commission hearings have again brought into question the inherent conflicts and therefore the suitability of vertically-integrated structures in...
The political cycle and the Royal Commission indicate that the Productivity Commission’s recommendations on the efficiency and competitiveness of the superannuation syste...
After five years of Budget superannuation tinkering, the latest Budget changes have confronted superannuation funds with another series of administrative and regulatory c...
Faced with having to answer for 10 years of decisions and expenditures, superannuation funds may live to regret having pushed so hard for a royal commission....
Mike Taylor writes that if the Government succeeds in folding the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal into the proposed new Australian Financial Complaints Authority it wi...
Blake Briggs writes that despite the many challenges which confronted the superannuation industry in 2017, it was a case of keeping calm and carrying on....
The electoral clock is ticking and that means there is considerable uncertainty about the Federal Government being able to implement all of it’s superannuation policy age...
The complexity and unanswered questions around creating the Australian Financial Complaints Authority should be cause for caution and concern....
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority needs to be careful that its handling of the so-called ‘outcomes test’ does not escalate from a push to a shove, Mike Taylo...
From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...
Super director remuneration ...
No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...