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GBST improves compliance checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
GBST has upgraded its solution to make it easier for superannuation funds to identify members and meet Australian Tax Office tax obligations. GBST Digital now allows super funds to integrate ID verification in their systems without compromising the ...

TelstraSuper lowers admin fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
Profit-to-members corporate fund TelstraSuper, which has about $23 billion in assets under management, has lowered its admin fee. From July 1, TelstraSuper Corporate Plus, Personal Plus, Retire Access and Direct Access members will pay an admin fee ...

Millennials to reap super reform rewards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
Planned superannuation reforms could net millennials $650,000 extra in retirement, according to Colonial First State. Analysis from the institution shows increases to the superannuation guarantee will boost a 35-year-old's super balance by $86,000. ...

Catholic Super to drop fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The investment fees paid by Catholic Super members are set to drop by up to 20% as its joint venture with Equipsuper becomes a legal successor fund transfer. With the SFT set to finalise on June 30 and all Catholic Super members to transfer from the ...

New chair of BT Super trustee board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
BT Super trustee board chair David Plumb has retired after more than a decade, with a replacement appointed. Gai McGrath will commence as non-executive director and chair of the BT Super trustee board from July 1. Westpac chief executive, specialist ...

KPMG promotes two super experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
KPMG Australia has promoted superannuation and self-managed super fund experts respectively to partners. Cecilia Storniolo, the director of superannuation advisory, actuarial and financial risk, will become a partner on July 1. She joined the consulting ...

HESTA nabs Hostplus executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The head of ESG at $61 billion industry fund Hostplus has jumped to HESTA. Kim Farrant will join HESTA, the $60 billion industry fund for healthcare workers, as general manager responsible investment on July 12. Farrant will report to the fund's ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The upward revision to Japan's March quarter GDP growth - to an annualised rate of 3.9% (from the preliminary estimate of 5.1%) - provides cold comfort to an economy that remains stuck in a rut and continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic. ...

AMP board adds former banking chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
A former bank chief executive has joined the board of AMP as an independent non-executive director. Michael Hirst joins the ASX-listed firm on July 1, bringing over 40 years of experience in leadership roles across funds management, treasury and banking. ...

Virtual company meetings to stay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
The government has introduced draft exposure legislation that will allow companies to use technology in meetings while satisfying the Corporations Act 2001 requirements. These reforms make the temporary measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic ...