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Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
The majority of Australians are unaware of the effects of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) reforms and could potentially be stapled to an underperforming fund for good. The YFYS stapling requirement comes into effect today and will see around one ...

Unpaid super tops $5bn per year: ISA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Latest analysis by Industry Super Australia shows about $5 billion in super went unpaid in the 2018-19 financial year, owed to about three million workers. On average, Australian workers lose about $1700 in superannuation each year, ISA said, amounting ...

SCA slams five super funds' junk insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Super Consumers Australia is calling out several superannuation funds for maintaining junk insurance that embed restrictive disability tests. NGS Super, AMP, TelstraSuper, Prime Super and Spirit Super carry the most restrictive insurance policies compared ...

HESTA pushes for net zero legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
The federal government's refusal to commit to net zero by 2050 will lead to Australia losing a massive amount of green foreign investment, superannuation fund HESTA warned. At a recent Investor Group on Climate Change event, HESTA chief executive Debby ...

IOOF to adopt new name, brand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
The 175-year-old wealth giant is set to rebrand in what chief executive Renato Mota calls an evolution, not a revolution. As part of its ongoing transformation and following a strategic review, IOOF will rebrand to Insignia Financial before the end ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The super industry is calling for mandated consistency on portfolio holdings disclosure after it was recommended the Future Fund be exempt from disclosing commercially sensitive information. The Senate Committee report released this week on disclosure ...

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... retail clients and differentiates financial advice and general information. "We are particularly pleased to see the FSC's call for the separation of product and advice. This would represent a giant leap forward, as in practice it would mean only licensed ...

ASIC calls for stronger whistleblowing policies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
... have a whistleblower policy that reflects the strengthened whistleblower protection regime that started on 1 July 2019. "We call on chief executives and RSE trustees to discuss this letter within your organisation and to think about the culture of speaking ...

Gender equality perception differs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... be indicative of gender bias and may be the reason why improvement in gender equality is so slow. The report is a wake-up call to all those in the industry to become aware of the operation of unconscious bias and put in place processes to counter it," ...

myprosperity launches new platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Financial services platform myprosperity launched its latest technology offering for financial advisers. The service is called Rooms and aims to create a collaborative, fully digital service where households and businesses can connect with financial ...