The Government may not ultimately deliver a MyPension product and it may fall to the superannuation industry to do so, according to the former chairman of the Cooper Review, Jeremy Cooper.
Addressing the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian (ASFA) conference in Brisbane, Cooper pointed to the relative success of MySuper in the accumulation phase, but suggested that it was not guaranteed that the Government would deliver on the environment necessary for the establishment of a default post-retirement product.
Introducing former Obama Government adviser and founder and director of the Program on Behavioural Economics and Public Policy, Professor Cass Sunstein, Cooper pointed to the manner in which the development of MySuper had acted as a "nudge" towards having Australians better engage in their super.
For his part, Sunstein pointed to the degree to which "nudges" could be utilised to drive public policy outcomes, and the fact that requiring people to opt-out very often proved more effective than having them opt-in in terms of default participation.
The corporate watchdog is preparing to publish a progress report on private credit this September, following a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding market.
The fund has appointed Fotine Kotsilas as its new chief risk officer, continuing a series of executive changes aimed at driving growth, but NGS Super’s CEO has assured the fund won’t pursue growth for growth’s sake.
AMP Super has taken a strategic stake in Atmos Renewables, funding major battery and wind farm projects to boost Australia’s clean energy transition.
The major superannuation fund is facing legal action from ASIC after allegedly failing to inform the regulator about investigations into serious member service issues.