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ERS had little effect on funds: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
Large outflows experienced by some super funds as a result of the government's early release of super scheme had little impact on fund performance, according to new research from the University of Melbourne. The research, conducted by James Brugler ...

New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The same underperforming and costly MySuper products APRA named and shamed last year have failed members again in the latest iteration of the heatmaps. APRA is taking action on 10 MySuper products overseen by eight trustees. It will issue notices for ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... Protecting Your Super' fee from April in addition to the fees they were already paying. The fund said the fee was needed to cover a shortfall that was the result of the PYS legislation, saying: "This reduces the funds available to cover administration ...

AIA to launch income protection product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... lower end of the cost spectrum, next to the basic Income Protection Accident Only/Super Income Protection Accident Only cover.

Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Less than 1.5% of gig economy workers are contributing to a superannuation account, a new report from the Actuaries Institute reveals. That's a key finding from the Actuaries Institute report, which also found that even when they do make contributions ...

Industry fund sees 252% increase in digital advice use

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... have helped drive this demand, such as the extreme market volatility earlier this year and legislative changes to insurance cover, but the growth in online advice has been uniform since September last year."

Integrity Life partners for group insurance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... benefits and have been operating for over 50 years. Insurope currently operates in more than 100 countries, providing insurance cover to more than 800 multinational companies worldwide.

Key AMP executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The head of SuperConcepts and AMP Australia's managing director of superannuation, retirement and platforms is leaving the organisation, parent company AMP has confirmed. Lara Bourguignon is the managing director of superannuation, retirement and ...

ASIC explores value for money in default group insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... most fund members stay with the default." The report found that there is a wide variation in the kind of default insurance cover offered through MySuper products. For example, ASIC found some large MySuper products offered over 20 times as much default ...

Aberdeen Standard pulls plug on Aussie fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... investment platform," it said. "Our Asian fixed income team in Singapore and global fixed income team in the UK will continue to cover Australian fixed income as part of their investment universe for our global and regional portfolios, and continue to ...