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Aware Super rejigs MySuper option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
The $140 billion superannuation fund is changing its MySuper lifecycle option from two stages to 11. About 85% of Aware Super's accumulation members are in the MySuper lifecycle option. It was one of the first superannuation funds to move its default ...

Public sector super satisfaction rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... with Catholic Super taking out the highest rating of 75.5% ahead of Cbus, Tasplan, UniSuper and CareSuper. Meanwhile, retail fund satisfaction came in at 63.1% with Macquarie receiving the highest score at 72.9% followed by OnePath, Mercer, MLC and Colonial ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... were retail and one was a not-for-profit (NFP) fund. Of the five top performers, four were NFP funds and one was a retail fund. Despite the current performance figures, Dunnin said that the idea behind lifecycle products remains compelling. "As you get ...

Clime consolidates SMAs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Clime Investment Management has streamlined its operations by consolidating and replacing a number of separately managed accounts (SMAs) after its acquisition of Madison Financial Group. The investment manager initiated its Project Streamline by consolidating ...

Future Super chief executive to depart

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
The chief executive and co-founder of $1 billion ethical retail fund Future Super will depart at the end of February. Kirstin Hunter, who has been with the fund for four years, has announced she will be leaving despite recent promotions. Hunter joined ...

Super concerns over legislation: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
Superannuation funds are making changes to investment portfolios ahead of the Your Future, Your Super legislation which in turn could lead to more volatility and less diversification for members. Speaking at a media briefing, Schroders head of distribution ...

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
Rice Warner has made several recommendations to the Your Future, Your Super package of reforms that the government and superannuation industry should not overlook. Under the new stapling measure, Rice Warner has two areas of concern. The first is that ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Future Super, the $1 billion ethical retail fund, has shared how its deidentified recruitment has helped boost diversity - after mixed results last year. Future Super head of group strategy Veronica Sherwood-Meares said on LinkedIn that Future Super ...

Tasplan says goodbye to lifecycle MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
After four years of offering its MySuper option as a lifecycle product, Tasplan plans to switch back to single 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 ...

Retail fund ups premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
A retail superannuation fund will increase premiums on income protection policies from 2021. Living Super, ING's super offering, will up income protection premiums by 23% from 8 January 2021. "Our focus is to provide a great value product with competitive ...