Getting people to acknowledge their needs and embrace the necessary strategies represents a key step in delivering post-retirement products....
Successive reports and research papers have confirmed the dimensions of the longevity and retirement incomes challenges facing Australia and the central role likely to be...
With Singapore enhancing the Central Provident Fund for employees in the retirement phase, can Australia learn from and improve on its approach?...
Damon Taylor writes that 2012 has proved to be a particularly busy year for the Australian superannuation industry – and one during which many funds found themselves tryi...
The quality and transparency of superannuation governance has become a subject of increasing controversy, with Financial Services Council members now moving to adopt new ...
Custodians are sometimes out of sight and out of mind, but as Damon Taylor writes, recent events have reinforced the vital role they play in the Australian superannuation...
The pace of reform that has been imposed on the superannuation industry is posing considerable challenges in the current economic environment....
Damon Taylor reports that as consolidation continues to occur within the Australian superannuation funds sector, competition has increased among the big custodians for ke...
The latest Metlife Super Review survey has revealed strong support for some fundamental changes to default superannuation funds under the modern awards regime....
Financial planning was already an integral part of the superannuation equation but, as Damon Taylor writes, the Government’s FOFA and Stronger Super initiatives have crea...
As the Government implements its Stronger Super policy and in particular MySuper, superannuation trustees are reviewing their insurance offerings. As Damon Taylor reports...
Head of UBS GAM Australasia Ben Heap has stepped down and will be replaced by Bryce Doherty as the company makes a number of changes to its executive team...
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 ...