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AustralianSuper introduces insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... group insurance sector for delivering poor member outcomes off the back of a hoard of super funds - Living Super, HESTA, MTAA Super and LUCRF Super to name just a few - for increasing premiums for little or no value. AustralianSuper group executive of ...

Government fund names new chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... from AvSuper after 13 years leading the fund. She will be replaced by Michael Sykes, currently deputy chief executive of MTAA Super. Sykes has been with MTAA, which will merge with Tasplan on April 1, for 15 years. "Michelle has contributed greatly to ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... Superannuation and Retirement Fund; QSuper and Sunsuper ; and Media Super and Cbus. WA Super recently folded into Aware Super, while MTAA Super and Tasplan will be known as Spirit Super from April 1. Research from Rainmaker, which spanned over three ...

MTAA Super increases premiums amid merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The $13 billion industry super fund MTAA Super, which is due to merge with Tasplan and become Spirit Super on 1 April 2021, has flagged that insurance premiums will be increasing for members. MTAA said that the insurance costs for many members will ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... is better was one of the key points of discussion at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, with MTAA and Aware Super talking mergers. MTAA Super chief Leeanne Turner said that whilst the industry is clearly in a stage of consolidation ...

MTAA, Tasplan reveal new brand

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
MTAA Super and Tasplan will take on a new name on April 1, as their $23 billion merger completes. The combined fund will be called Spirit Super and have 326,000 members and lower administration fees. MTAA Super chief executive Leanne Turner, who will ...

Tasplan says goodbye to lifecycle MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... strategy citing higher costs among the reasons. The $11.5 billion superannuation fund is set for a merger with the $12.6 billion MTAA Super on 1 April 2021. As a part of this, Tasplan will close its MySuper option called OnTrack, which used a lifecycle ...

MTAA Super awards scholarships

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... awarded 15 scholarships to members and non-members to put towards further education in automotive and related industries. MTAA Super said the scholarships are worth up to $5000, with the total standing at $50,000 across 15 winners. They were funded via ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Santos. At the same date, Cbus had 0.57% of its Australian shares holdings in Santos, coming to $76 million. Also in June, MTAA Super's investment in Santos represented a larger portion of its Australian shares exposure at 1.11%, but only amounted ...

ASFA adds board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... next year. Four directors were recently re-elected to the board: Debby Blakey (HESTA chief executive) and Leeanne Turner (MTAA chief executive) representing industry super, and Michael Clancy (Qantas Super chief executive) and Chris Davies (TelstraSuper ...