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Super switching sees billions flow out of traditional funds and at a risk

Australians looking to grow their retirement savings need to be aware of the risks. (Money, Coin, Investment,  nattanan23, Pixabay license)

For many Australians, superannuation doesn't occupy their routine thoughts until they hit their 40s.

By that time, people who have been working for most of their lives may have built up hundreds of thousands of dollars in super, and start to think more closely about whether the amount they have accumulated will help support a comfortable lifestyle in retirement.

For much of the past decade, retail funds have been the biggest winners in attracting billions of Australians' super.

But in recent years, there's been a shift of retirement savings out of the major players into self-managed super funds (SMSFs).

ASIC warns savers at risk as big wealth platforms leave $300b exposed

The corporate regulator says major wealth management platforms have overly permissive compliance regimes, leaving customers exposed to the same dodgy schemes and shonky practices that led to thousands losing their savings when the $1 billion Shield and First Guardian schemes failed.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission analysis – its first of the fast-growing sector since 2024 – bluntly concluded platform operators were “not doing enough to protect members” and, in some cases, found they had even regressed on crucial consumer safeguards over the past two years.

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‘Deeply concerning’: ASIC warns on gaps in oversight of $300b in super

Businesses that oversee $300 billion in superannuation savings invested via wealth platforms are not doing enough to monitor for potentially excessive financial advice fees being deducted from members’ accounts, the corporate watchdog warns.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will on Monday say it was “overwhelmingly disappointed” after it conducted a review into how well super trustees in the platforms segment are safeguarding members’ retirement savings.

Platforms, which have surged in popularity, allow members to have greater control over their super investments than traditional funds. They are technology systems that allow investors and financial advisers to manage money spread across multiple investment options.

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