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Most complained about super funds revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
Analysis of AFCA complaints data regarding the most complained about superannuation funds in the body's first eight months of operation shows an almost even split between industry and retail funds. AFCA started operating on 1 November 2018 and data ...

Aussie stocks burnt in blaze

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
As Australia burns, so too does the bottom line of our listed companies, with real implications for our retail, insurance, agriculture and transport sectors. The Australian economy is also not without risk, with many economists predicting that the bushfire ...

Wealth giants shrink advertising budgets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
Australia's largest superannuation funds and wealth companies have largely cut back on their advertising spends over the past five years, documents from the Standing Committee on Economics show. Colonial First State, which is currently facing two ...

MLC Life loses super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
An $8.5 billion corporate superannuation fund has swapped out MLC Life Insurance for another provider after eight years. Qantas Super will now use OnePath Life as its insurance partner, with an expected start date of 1 July 2020. The fund started to ...

Real estate manager hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
A real estate fund manager appointed a head of sustainability, hiring from Cbus Property, in a role that reports to its chief executive. Lorraine Moore joined APN Property Group as head of sustainability at October end. She reports to APN Property Group ...

Grow Super hires Qantas Super executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
Grow Super has hired Qantas Super's chief operating officer, as it looks to divest its superannuation business and pivot towards administration services. Grow Super is currently looking for a buyer for its $39 million (as at June end) of superannuation ...

MLC Life wins group insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
MLC Life continues to grow its group life insurance business, taking home a new mandate. From next year, MLC Life Insurance will be the local insurer for Generali Employee Benefits (GEB) for its multi-national clients. The insurer will provide group ...

Industry fund experience lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
The head of member experience at an industry superannuation fund has left after just four months in the role. Beth Parkin was appointed head of member experience at Club Plus Super in April of this year but departed the fund in July. She has since left ...

Consumers trust super funds about as much as banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
New research from Qantas Super shows superannuation fund members place about as much trust in their fund to act in their best interests as they do the big banks. According to Qantas Super, 60% of Australians trust their super fund to act in their best ...

IFM pushes into large scale private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
IFM Investors has announced it will make a concerted push into larger scale private equity investments with the appointment of Jeremy Larkin to head the initiative. Larkin spent 25 years in corporate finance at Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan, also working ...