royal commission

Financial advice

The chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James Shipton has suggested that those who are pushing back against the regulator may still have someth...

Superannuation

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has hit out at the Government for failing to enable underperforming super funds to be shut down, signalling that a Labor Government would tak...

Financial advice

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed closer scrutiny of advice provided via superannuation funds while noting that conflicts of interest in ...

Superannuation

The rules and definitions imposed by superannuation funds is core to the barriers to access to super faced by indigenous people....

Financial advice

Over a quarter of financial services workers experience extreme levels of stress, and just one in eight are highly engaged with their work, according to a new SuperFriend...

Superannuation

Consensus from experts is that organisational cultural change has to come from the top, making the decisions of some major financial services groups to replace executives...

Superannuation

AustralianSuper’s chief executive, Ian Silk, has suggested that the Banking Royal Commission didn’t cast a stern enough eye over parts of the superannuation industry, in ...

Superannuation

One of the most senior industry superannuation fund chief executives, Ian Silk, has warned other industry funds executives against hubris just because they emerged largel...

Superannuation

Legislation to consolidate low-balance superannuation accounts needs to go further if it is to prevent a cycle of unintended accounts still being created and then consoli...

Financial advice

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has claimed a legal victory with law firm Clayton Utz and AMP Limited finally releasing key documents....

Expert Analysis

Despite the Royal Commission recommending relatively few major changes to the way super funds are operated, it pays for funds to heed the lessons inherent in the spirit o...

Expert Analysis

Financial services barrister Noel Davis examines the testimony given to the Royal Commission and its ultimate findings and suggests that for as much as it discovered ther...

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Grant Banner

From my perspective, 40- 50% of people are likely going to be deeply unhappy about how long they actually live. ...

1 year 8 months ago
Kevin Gorman

Super director remuneration ...

1 year 9 months ago
Anthony Asher

No doubt true, but most of it is still because over 45’s have been upgrading their houses with 30 year mortgages. Money ...

1 year 9 months ago

APRA has warned retail super trustees that financial adviser involvement in recommending platform products does not diminish their obligations, as regulators turned the s...

11 hours ago

The super fund announced that Gregory has been appointed to its executive leadership team, taking on the fresh role of chief advice officer. ...

11 hours 43 minutes ago

The deputy governor has warned that, as super funds’ overseas assets grow and liquidity risks rise, they will need to expand their FX hedge books to manage currency expos...

12 hours ago