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State Super welcomes former Deloitte partner to board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... setting strategic directions and developing new products and services for members. Before that Mason held senior roles at Mercer for 24 years and was a director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). After 30 years of involvement ...

Super fund with highest customer satisfaction named

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... customer satisfaction ratings. Retail funds which increased customer satisfaction included IOOF (+12.2%), Suncorp (+7.1%), and Mercer (+0.2%). Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said despite the fall in customer satisfaction, it remains well above ...

Super heads support capping retirement balances

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... on bloated retirement savings accounts should be trimmed. The panel on the strategic directions for super consisted of Mercer Australia chief executive David Bryant, AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder, Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... Jones explained the concessional taxation of funds like these has a real cost to the Budget and needs to be considered. "Mercer estimates that the tax concessions on a single $10 million SMSF could support 3.1 full Age Pensions," he said. He commented ...

The future of defined contribution asset allocation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... Szapiro, Utrecht University PhD candidate Jorik van Zanden, Shula Public Relations and Policy founder Darren Phillip, and, Mercer Canada wealth leader Neil Lloyd. In the discussion wrap-up, JM3 Projects principal John Mitchem said target date funds' ...

Westpac updates on strategic priorities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... businesses in the past year, including its life insurance business to TAL, and also offloaded its superannuation division to Mercer. In relation to the long-awaited sale of BT Panorama, Westpac said it is reviewing its options. The bank is also focused ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... singles, it will jump from $61,284 to $90,000, and for couples from $98,054 to $144,000. Speaking to Financial Standard, Mercer senior partner and global pension expert David Knox said the government is merely responding to cost-of-living pressures and ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
Australia's retirement system has been awarded a B+ by Mercer and the CFA Institute in their 2022 Global Pension Index, ranking sixth overall for the second consecutive year. The index covers 44 retirement systems around the world, measuring them on ...

Inconsistencies across RIC strategies: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
Mercer analysis of publicly available retirement income strategy summaries shows a great disparity between super funds' approaches. Under the requirements of the Retirement Income Covenant, trustees set out how they'll help members with their retirement ...

Stock exchanges, industry pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... service. Her absence will be deeply felt, and I send my condolences to all who are mourning her loss." Abrdn, BlackRock, Mercer, Schroders also shared their condolences. In announcing The Queen's passing, Governor General David Hurley said: "I join ...