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Member Outcomes is shaping superannuation

  • On 12/09/2019
Changing the conversation The Productivity and Royal Commissions concluded that significant change was needed to make the superannuation industry more efficient.  One of the themes of both reviews was the deed to focus on improving member outcomes, which has been incorporated in new Prudential Requirements and amendments to the SIS Act.  These requirements have already […]
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Can super funds continue to meet their investment targets?

  • On 05/09/2019
Strange times We live in very strange and uncharted economic times, and the future is increasingly murky.  Yet superannuation funds, admittedly distracted by incessant loads of new legislation, don’t appear to have changed their outlook in communications with members. Since the global financial crisis (GFC) a decade ago, we have entered a massive global economic […]
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Funds fail on advice outcomes

  • On 28/08/2019
The financial advice industry is at an inflection point. The superannuation and broader wealth industries have been slow to recognise the fundamental changes introduced by the Future of Financial Advice laws in 2012.  Exposure of unlawful practices by the Hayne Royal Commission have been supplemented by huge remedial payments for fees that were charged when […]
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Reviewing Retirement

  • On 23/08/2019
Review after review… The Australian superannuation industry is unique, and its success attracts significant international attention.  Yet, while the structure of the system has been sound, change has been dynamic in an endless effort for improvement.  Consequently, there have been many ongoing inquiries and relentless legislative change to refine the parameters and to weed out […]
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Options for an Improved and Integrated System of Retirement

  • On 22/08/2019
This Green Paper is an initiative of the Actuaries Institute’s Public Policy team and was written by Anthony Asher, David Knox and Michael Rice. It draws on three Papers presented at the Actuaries Financial Services Forum in May 2018, namely: The Age Pension means test: contorting Australian retirement (Dr Anthony Asher & John De Ravin) […]
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