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Challenger to buy industry-fund-owned bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Challenger will spend $35 million to buy Catholic Super's banking business, in a move that Bell Porter says could have more upside than suggested by the company this morning. Challenger and MyLife MyFinance have entered into an agreement with an expected ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... workers in healthcare. But, the industry still played its part in supporting those who were doing it tough. For example, super funds had to implement the government's plan to allow those suffering as a result of the pandemic to access their super ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Australian oil and gas company Santos' carbon reduction plan has been heavily criticised, with critics pointing out many super funds invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to ...

Hannover reverses out of group insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... insurance mandates for large superannuation funds like Equipsuper and Sunsuper as well as for smaller ones such as Mercy Super and AvSuper, according to Rainmaker Information data. Hannover Re Australia general manager finance David Tallack said there ...

Super funds bullish on hiring

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... have been very few redundancies, and most redundancies have come due to mergers, namely First State Super and VicSuper and Equip and Catholic Super, mostly these were senior executives." "Some projects had been delayed as a result of staff working from ...

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... government, there are 140,000 fewer people doing an apprenticeship or traineeship than there were seven years ago. We want to equip every Australian with the skills for a good secure job." If elected, Albanese said the Labor party will create a National ...

Fees fall after super mergers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Members whose super funds have merged in the last three years have seen their fees decrease by 20%, according to new analysis. Rainmaker looked at 13 mergers involving 22 super funds; 11 traditional mergers, the integration of Virgin Super and Mercer ...

Industry funds triumph July performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... further into negative territory at -1.6%. The top three in the personal category were BUSSQ at 1.8%, WA Super at 1.2% and Equip MySuper at 0.8%. Both AustralianSuper and UniSuper suffered a worse ranking in the workplace category coming in at 10th and ...

Equipsuper changes insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... have undertaken a significant review to develop a deep member led understanding of their needs now and into the future," Equip chief member officer Tania Cumming said. "Key to getting this right is working to ensure that our insurance products align ...

Westpac offloads vendor finance business

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Westpac has sold its vendor finance business to a New York-headquartered private equity firm, in the first sale from the bank's strategic review stable. Cerberus Capital Management has acquired Westpac's Strategic Alliances, with the equipment ...