Superannuation industry in Australia
Introduction
It’s a retirement savings scheme for employees and is mandatory that employers contribute 9.25% in 1st July 2013 of the employee earnings into a superannuation fund. Superannuation however is not compulsory for most self-employed. superannuation fund objectives and its purpose is outlined in -The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), and its core purpose defined by the Commonwealth Regulator for superannuation is the essential provision of benefits after or on r the employees retirement, attaining his or her age 65 or earlier death and the benefit being the members accumulated savings.
However, superannuation seems to be understood poorly by the wider society. Most people have misconceptions of what actually superannuation is, the types and the benefits of building wealth through superannuation, how it operates. In cases of, disengagement by members from their funds, poor communication from funds and people losing track of their accounts this however brings the negative picture as viewed by some people of superannuation. In most cases people can choose the fund that they want to contribute to and unless restricted by a federal legislation or awards, will take the funds to their future jobs.
Types Superannuation funds
Trustee structure
Superannuation funds operate as trusts funds with trustees being responsible for the prudential operation of their funds and in implementing and formulating strategy for investment .specific obligations and duties are coded in the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) also other obligations are the subject of general Australia trust law. Trustees are liable under law for breaches of obligations. Superannuation trustees ha...
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... Gross Development Produce generally, there is a persistent and pronounced trend towards consolidation of these institutions in Australia. With the combination of resilience contributions into the system, consolidation has generally resulted in the average size of superannuation institutions increasing significantly (measured by assets) during the decade to $2.6 billion in June 2012.
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