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Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
Homeownership rates have plummeted, but unions and industry groups have had a negative response to Scott Morrison's last-ditch pitch to 'aspirational Australians'. Morrison has said that supporting first home buyers is a key part of his government's ...

ACSRF, UniSuper confirm merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund and UniSuper have signed a Heads of Agreement to formally merge. In December the two funds announced they were undertaking due diligence on a potential merger. Today, the funds have said that process ...

AIST proposes crisis preparedness standards to APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has acknowledged the difficulty of implementing industry-wide rulesets and has released its future crisis contingency planning recommendations to APRA. In its submission, the AIST said the balance ...

Geoff Lloyd to chair DASH

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
The former MLC and Perpetual chief executive will take over as chair of the platform later this year, in an announcement that also confirmed the company's chief executive. DASH Technology Group has named Lloyd as chair, effective September, citing his ...

Cbus announces changes to admin fees, premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
Following on from the completion of its merger with Media Super, Cbus will shave its administration fees by 25%. However, at the same time, some members will begin paying more for death and TPD. The reduction in the dollar-based administration fee will ...

Magellan appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
Magellan Financial Group has named its new chief executive and managing director, hiring from the Future Fund. Currently deputy chief investment officer, public markets at Future Fund, David George will take on the top job at embattled Magellan from ...

AFCA adopts case merit assessments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will permanently adopt a merit assessment process, so that complaints where no error or financial loss has occurred can be identified and excluded quickly. AFCA conducted a three-month pilot program last ...

Pension fund sues Elon Musk, Twitter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
A Florida pension fund is suing Twitter and Elon Musk over the latter's planned takeover of the social media platform. The Orlando Police Pension Fund filed a class action in the Delaware chancery court on Friday, alleging that Delaware law forbade ...

BUSSQ board fully stocked again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
BUSSQ has welcomed its former chief executive back to the fold as a board director. Linda Vickers, who retired as BUSSQ chief executive in 2020, has joined the fund's board as a member representative. She has over 40 years' experience in superannuation ...

Macquarie Group posts record earnings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
Macquarie Group has posted a $A4.7 billion net profit for the year ended 31 March 2022, up 56% from the prior year. This strong result was carried by impressive performances across all the companies operating groups. Items within the banking group that ...