Inquiry into the structure and operation of the superannuation industry

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The Committee will inquire into the structure and operation of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and the superannuation industry to ensure that it provides an efficient, effective and safe regulatory structure for the management of superannuation funds, with particular reference to:

1. Whether uniform capital requirements should apply to trustees.
2. Whether all trustees should be required to be public companies.
3. The relevance of Australian Prudential Regulation Authority standards.
4. The role of advice in superannuation.
5. The meaning of member investment choice.
6. The responsibility of the trustee in a member investment choice situation.
7. The reasons for the growth in self managed superannuation funds.
8. The demise of defined benefit funds and the use of accumulation funds as the industry standard fund.
9. Cost of compliance.
10. The appropriateness of the funding arrangements for prudential regulation.
11. Whether promotional advertising should be a cost to a fund and, therefore, to its members.
12. The meaning of the concepts “not for profit” and “all profits go to members.”
13. Benchmarking Australia against international practice and experience.
14. Level of compensation in the event of theft, fraud and employer insolvency.
15. Any other relevant matters.

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Committee Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3583
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5719
Email:	corporations.joint@aph.gov.au