Superannuation
Funds slam PC’s ‘best in show’ double-down
Super industry bodies cite concerns about how top products are selected and restrictions on competition as Productivity Commission tables final report.
Alice UribeJanuary 10, 2019
Sally Loane
Superannuation
Super industry split on the budget’s downsizing provision
Opinions are split across the industry on the impact of new incentives for ‘downsizers’ unveiled in the federal budget.
Dan PurvesMay 12, 2017
Industry
Men need to change to close the gender wealth gap: Burgess
Former Future Fund chief Mark Burgess reckons male bosses need to change their thinking to promote more women and close the gender pay gap.
Sally RoseMay 1, 2017
Contributors
Strategies for closing women’s super gap to dominate Summit
Women enter retirement with, on average, super balances barely half those of men. Changing this fact will be the focus of the Women, Super and Wealth Summit on April 27.
Andrea SlatteryApril 21, 2017
Compliance
A strong start: where the standards body should begin
Some time in mid-2017, the new standards body will come into existence, with a long to-do list and extremely high expectations. Simon Hoyle asks stakeholders how it should proceed.
Simon HoyleMarch 21, 2017
Superannuation
Large, medium and small super funds of the year: shortlists revealed
Conexus Financial has revealed shortlists for the large, medium and small fund categories ahead of the Conexus Financial Superannuation Awards at the Crown Palladium, Melbourne, on March 3, 2016. Large super funds are defined as those that have more than $10 billion in assets; medium super funds as those between $5 billion and $10 billion; […]
Professional PlannerJanuary 14, 2016
Risk & Insurance
Industry hails ‘sensible outcome to complex reforms’ as Frydenberg backs retail life insurance proposals
A revised package of life insurance reforms endorsed yesterday by the Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been described by key industry players as a practical and workable compromise to satisfy the interests of competing groups. “This is a sensible outcome to what are quite complex reforms,” says Mark Rantall, chief executive officer of the FPA. […]
Glenn FreemanJune 25, 2015
Risk & Insurance
COVER STORY: Commissioned to create a united industry response, was the Trowbridge report a stitch up?
The divided reaction to the release of the Trowbridge Report’s final recommendations has perhaps been best illustrated in the way the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have responded. Despite having jointly formed the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) – headed by high-profile actuary John Trowbridge – in response […]
Glenn FreemanJune 25, 2015