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Rice Warner acquired by Deloitte

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... include: superannuation services like benchmarking, tenders, merger assistance and actuarial (financial modelling and defined benefits); Life insurance (benchmarking, tenders, product design, compliance and reporting).

APSS explores merger with Sunsuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... Birrell said. The merged fund will provide Australia Post with a corporate plan within its structure and maintain APSS's defined benefits scheme funded by Australia Post. APSS members' accumulation balances are to be transferred to a similar ...

Industry fund reviews DB payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
A $10 billion industry fund is reviewing salary and superannuation benefit payments within its defined benefit fund that were potentially paid incorrectly. Statewide Super's Salarylink, a defined benefit fund for local government workers, is investigating ...

Public sector super satisfaction rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... surprising to see public sector fund members the most satisfied - some members have the security of now phased-out defined benefit funds, while others receive more than the legally required minimum 9.5% employer contribution," she said. "As for self-managed ...

Equipsuper merges with corporate fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... membership to 300,000 in the next five years," Cameron said. "We're drawing on our track record of managing complex defined benefits and member transitions. Our focus is on ensuring members experience the benefit of consolidation, while maintaining ...

State Super names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... last year. Charles Wu has been affirmed in the role, promoted from deputy chief investment officer and general manager, defined contribution investments. Wu joined the government fund in 2015 as head of asset allocation and risk, and was later appointed ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... under the law when it comes to inheritance? Samantha Smorgon is disputing her father, Robert Smorgon's, will which defined her as a step-child because she was conceived through artificial insemination. She was born to Robert Smorgon's first wife. ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... the plan had 10,170 participants with assets of about US$784 million. Pension schemes, otherwise known as a 401(k), are defined contribution plans that are the primary form of retirement savings in the US. The lawsuit was filed in the district court ...

Imbalance in generational retirement income: RIR

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Australians expect the following generation to fund the Age Pension in the same way they did for current retirees. It defined intergenerational equity as a problem affecting the "fairness in the opportunities and outcomes between people of different ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... effective auditors are in detecting and reporting fraud and misconduct. The final report recommended audit firms establish defined categories and disclosure fees received for audit and non-audit services, as well as list non-audit services they are explicitly ...