The guidance offers advice on how employers can communicate with employees of fund choice, as well as guidance for trustees about the prohibition on using inducements to ...
Trustees of self-managed superannuation funds will now be able to add a fifth and sixth member, after the Australian Taxation Office suffered administrative delays....
The corporate and prudential regulators have put superannuation trustees on notice that they can expect a further follow up on their advice fee practices and that they ex...
Seven super funds have been classifying new members as ‘smokers’ by default and over 5,000 members will receive over $3.6 million in compensation....
During the first week of the early super release payments scheme trustees paid members $1.3 billion, according to data....
Less than a quarter of trustees are ‘very confident’ they can deliver their member outcomes assessment on time, a poll has found....
Both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority have written to super funds asking them to prove they are not...
Whether or not a superannuation fund can adequately and cost-effectively service its members should be the key question for trustees when considering mergers, according t...
New analysis form Rice Warner has suggested that the removal of volume-based adviser fees would challenge superannuation just as much as it would challenge planning firms...
As the super industry faces both structural change and increased regulatory scrutiny, trustees may need to turn to third parties to help provide quality service, AFRM Cla...
Trustees, insurers, and administrators should take the opportunity to influence the Insurance in Superannuation Code of Practice while it is in consultation, Rice Warner ...
ASFA has warned that trustee directors are being held to exceptional standards and obligations under successor fund transfer proposals. ...
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 ...