Out of interest, when was the last time you personally voted to approve an executive’s pay rise or bonus?
I mean, apparently having super makes you shareholder and thus gives you those voting powers doesn’t it??
Having super invested in shares doesnt make you a stock holder, you are basically buying into a managed fund. The super funds are the stock holders and those invested in that super fund are basically buying into a mutual fund, taking advantage of intellectual and stock diversification offered by the fund managers.
On the Super Fund side of things, I bet they are sh*tt*ng themselves waiting for the pineapple.
If your not in an industry fund (even they wont all be proven total angels) you should be asking yourselves why am I paying a company to make a handsome profit from my money, to be biased to their profit making and not have your welfare as their prime interest. Yes theres a few good private funds, but good luck finding one
Heres a sad example of their conflict of interest.
http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/banking-royal-commission-must-protect-super-savings-from-conflicted-advisers-20180419-h0yzqh
I get free unbiased financial planning advice from my industry fund. I hope you all do too. Especially the unbiased part.
Cheers Glen