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Equipsuper changes insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... $10 a month. The fund said premium rises are geared towards member cohorts who are making higher levels of claims. "In designing these changes, we have undertaken a significant review to develop a deep member led understanding of their needs now and ...

BNY Mellon IM boutique heads for ASX mFunds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... Australia's goal of providing access to the fund via all major investment platforms. "The key step we took when designing this strategy for clients 15 years ago was replacing benchmarks with a risk budget. This was a transformational step which has ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... was not consulted about the early release measures. "The government acted swiftly and with limited consultation when designing some support measures, but we are now working closely with agencies and regulators to ensure we help those who need to tap ...

Problems persist with PYSP communication: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... retirement savings." Press said to implement the reforms effectively; trustees need to take a member-centric approach to designing and delivering their PYSP communications. "They must ask themselves: Will this approach help my members make decisions ...

Future Fund chief to lead IFM Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... had done a "terrific job", first as chief investment officer and then as chief executive. "He has been instrumental in designing and implementing an investment strategy that has grown the Future Fund to its current value and in building a robust and ...

Life insurers lost $3.4b over five years: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... Summerhayes said. "In a drive for market share, life companies have been keeping premiums at unsustainably low levels, and designing policies with excessively generous features and terms that, in some cases, provide a financial disincentive for policyholders ...

Extension for super fund portfolio disclosures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... "ASIC supports greater transparency about funds' portfolio holdings and encourages superannuation trustees to focus on designing website disclosure about holdings that is accessible and clear for their members," the regulator said. "ASIC notes that a ...

AustralianSuper rules out SMSF options

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... phase who are active in their choices, so they use option switching as their approach" he said. When Hostplus started designing these products, it had about $80 million a year in SMSF outflows. In the last two years, SMSF outflows from the fund fell ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... Sino-Yankee trade war skirmish would note that it had only escalated since. Again, according to the Financial Times : "Designing the specific measures to restrict Chinese access to US capital markets will not be simple, and could be challenged" but what's ...

New investment role at industry fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... investment systems, which will boost our internal asset management capability." She added that he will be responsible for designing and implementing a fit-for-purpose investment operating platform and framework, with a strong focus on internal asset ...