Crikey readers weigh in on the big issues of the day.
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SUPERANNUATION
Media vultures affect how we see ourselves
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MORETips and rumours
Bib Brother watches over News? … whispers of more job cuts in the Murdoch empire … new laws obstruct DIY super (and who wants life insurance anyway?) …
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The Power Index: biz directors, Peter Mason at #10
Peter Mason has the superannuation accounts of thousands in his hands. He’s become a kingpin of the financial services industry since the merger of AMP and AXA last year. But Mason, outspoken on issues like Asian experience, faces big challenges on the board of David Jones.
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Tips and rumours
Gillard loyalists turning on McClelland? … what the authorities are telling those on Nauru … does this Senate candidate live in his electorate? …
READ MOREThat’s not a budget black hole, this is: NSW super blowout
Forget the $1 billion hole in the NSW budget; there’s a $21 billion black hole in the state government’s employee superannuation scheme. And it looks like getting worse.
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The conflict of interest costing super funds a motza
Related party transactions illustrate how conflicts of interest can cost retail super funds millions. A scandal far worse than anything conjured up by critics of industry super looms.
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Why we’re all complicit in the banks’ gouging
Whinge all you want about the big banks failing to meet the RBA’s rates cut, but chances are you’re benefitting from their gouging, say Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.
READ MOREFocus group fun and games for Financial Services Council
Careful what research you attach to your submission calling for reform. It might do a lot of damage to your case.
READ MOREShorten lands FOFA with a compromise on opt-in
It will take a while for the dust to settle on the Future of Financial Advice reform package, which passed the House of Reps after negotiations between the independents and Bill Shorten.
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Labor’s mining tax super con
Linking the super change with the minerals resource rent tax as the legislation wound its way through the parliament was too clever by half.
READ MOREThe perils of casual work: the world is not their roster
The ongoing casualisation of Australia’s workforce may finally become a major issue at next year’s federal election, writes Ava Hubble, a freelance writer and journalist.
READ MOREThe day the Coalition didn’t like some competition
The Coalition appears to dislike competition for superannuation products that perform poorly for ordinary workers.
READ MOREThe impact of FOFA — industry claims brought undone
A new report shows how hysterical the financial planning industry has been in its opposition to reform.
READ MOREWhere have all the flowers gone?
Crikey readers have their say.
READ MOREThe 2011 Crikeys: the government policy hits and misses
2011 was the biggest year in economic policy for a long time - which isn’t saying much. What was best and worst?
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A worry to come for the government.
The sagging public confidence about economic conditions that the pollsters are reporting is unlikely to be improved when workers get their next statement from superannuation funds.
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Nationals look set for a Kiwi win
If the Crikey NZ Election Indicator is any guide it will take something more miraculous that a foot of snow to see the National government lose this weekend.
READ MOREKeeping Labor’s 12% — why not the Howard-Costello approach?
Don’t worry too much about the Coalition’s promise to fund the compulsory super increase - it’s dealt with this problem before.
READ MOREWhy (in principle) European union is a great idea
Crikey readers have their say.
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Gottliebsen: short-changed by a super gamble
The G20 Financial Stability Board has alerted Australia that our banking sector is becoming too exposed to the commodities boom, writes Robert Gottliebsen.
READ MORERemembering Guy Fawkes Night
Kindle winners: Crikey writes: As if a subscription to Crikey isn’t inherently valuable enough, there’s a reasonable chance you could pick up your very own Amazon Kindle 3G+Wi-Fi, too. We’re giving away 10 over the next 10 days. Thursday’s winner is Lucinda Fairrie — congratulations. Four gone — six to go — get your entry in today. A Fawkes in opinion: […]
READ MOREShorten crafts a major reform on compulsory super
Bill Shorten looks like ushering in a major Labor reform to superannuation. And he even has the industry backing him.
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