The Stronger Super legislation will endow the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority with greater powers, but ultimately, it will be a question of how those powers ar...
With many superannuation funds and financial institutions adding retirement incomes products to their offerings, Mike Taylor writes that new Metlife research urges a need...
There is much to recommend the core contents of the Government's Stronger Super policy initiative, but it falls far short of delivering the certainty many superannuation ...
The controversy which has surrounded MTAA Super, combined with recent events elsewhere in the superannuation industry, suggest the use-by date applying to traditional tru...
Auto-consolidation of superannuation accounts may be an admirable objective but it should not be pursued in the absence of member consultation and choice. ...
A strategy that utilises put options can cushion investors against dramatic market downswings, writes Simon Ho....
The trustee boards of superannuation funds wield considerable power – something the Federal Opposition has suggested may need to be more closely scrutinised and opened to...
Superannuation funds are experiencing another round of mergers and consolidation, but whose interests are really being served? And will the funds become too big to fail?...
A recent court ruling means decisions to reject TPI insurance claims can now be challenged on much wider grounds, writes Jenny Willcocks....
The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, says he has adopted the Cooper Review as a policy blueprint, but good sense demands that he fully test the concepts before they are...
The Government must pursue the doable priorities of product rationalisation and SuperStream or risk a policy implementation quagmire....
With the Australian Greens set to control the Senate in 2011, the superannuation industry should consider how its policies will affect future changes....
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 ...