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Putting Members Interests First Bill – will it work?

  • On July 17, 2019
As the industry still scrambles to embed the Protecting Your Super (PYS) package changes effective 1 July 2019, the Government has moved to reintroduce the Putting Members’ Interests First Bill (PMIF).  This new Bill is proposing further significant changes in making insurance opt-in for members under age 25 and members holding low-balance active accounts. Rice […]

Maintaining living standards in retirement

  • On June 11, 2019
On Wednesday, 5 June 2019, ASIC announced[1] that it had amended the relief conditions for superannuation and retirement calculators.  Specifically, ASIC has removed the requirement that superannuation and retirement calculators discount at a fixed rate of CPI – 2.5% – and instead encourages providers of these tools to use a higher rate that allows for […]

What is the right level of SG?

  • On June 5, 2019
Mandatory superannuation contributions have grown from the original 3% Award contributions of the 1980s to 9.5% and are legislated to get to 12% in 2025.  Yet, there has been little comprehensive analysis of the right level of Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions, nor any strategic work on the impact on the economy and member retirement outcomes.  […]

Retirement Planning in a disjointed system

  • On May 23, 2019
During the Federal election, the Coalition promised not to make any changes to superannuation in the term of the new Parliament.  Despite this promise and its re-election, this does not mean we will have a period of stability – the industry still must deal with the Protecting Your Super Package and the enhanced requirements of […]
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