While the last two years have been challenging for the superannuation industry, there is more to come in 2022 and super funds will need to rise up to the challenge....
With 20/20 hindsight, the disengagement which occurred with the introduction of the MySuper regime was a mistake which now needs to be urgently corrected....
2020 has been challenging for the Australian superannuation industry and with 2021 promising even more challenges it is time for the industry to present a much more unite...
Default superannuation funds with good returns and high levels of service to their members have little to fear from the Government’s new choice of superannuation fund reg...
There are those who are attacking the superannuation industry under the cover of COVID-19 and the sector needs to circle its wagons or brace for an unpalatable future....
The objectives of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s superannuation heatmaps are laudable but the issues which arose last December make it imperative that t...
The question has to be asked about whether the Government’s retirement income review is really just a stalking horse for capping the superannuation guarantee....
Some people in the superannuation sector may believe it largely dodged the Royal Commission bullet, but the it is now clear that more shots are being fired....
The difficulty super funds faced when trying to inform members of inactive accounts that their group insurance would soon lapse, shows how much the industry stands to los...
Scott Morrison’s election victory may have offered super funds temporary relief where franking credit reforms are concerned. With dividend imputation credits expected to ...
In the wake of a Royal Commission and Productivity Commission report into superannuation, the funds that will come out on top are those willing to publicly lift the lid o...
With a Federal Election looming, 2019 is emerging as a significant change year for the Australian superannuation industry....
If both the Royal Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority are confused about interpreting breaches of the sole purpose test, perhaps it is time for ...
The latest round of Royal Commission hearings have again brought into question the inherent conflicts and therefore the suitability of vertically-integrated structures in...
The political cycle and the Royal Commission indicate that the Productivity Commission’s recommendations on the efficiency and competitiveness of the superannuation syste...
After five years of Budget superannuation tinkering, the latest Budget changes have confronted superannuation funds with another series of administrative and regulatory c...
Faced with having to answer for 10 years of decisions and expenditures, superannuation funds may live to regret having pushed so hard for a royal commission....