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StatewideSuper upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
StatewideSuper has upgraded its income protection and death and total permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover for all existing members. The new upgrades will provide members with higher default cover and the option to take advantage of occupation ...

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Gordon Noble as director of government relations and strategy, a position he has begun today. Noble, most recently deputy chief executive for the Committee for Melbourne, will be responsible ...

ACFS awards innovation and investment stewardship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... Trobe Financial Services among this year's winners. More than 300 professionals from the wealth management and superannuation industry attended the 2011 Melbourne Financial Services Symposium (MFSS) Gala Dinner at the Park Hyatt last night. The highlights ...

Gap widens for women's super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The average superannuation gap between women and men widened in the six months to June according to latest figures from AMP, analysed by Access Economics. Average fund balances for men rose from $43,840 to $54,061, an increase of 23.3 per cent for the ...

Board changes at Wilson HTM

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
Wealth management firm Wilson HTM Investment Group has announced a board reshuffle with key changes to its executive leadership team. Steven Wilson, recently a director of Hyperion Flagship Investments Limited, has taken over as group managing director ...

Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... opposition is again testing its power on the floor of the hung parliament by introducing a bill to abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit. The government only wants to increase the SG age limit to 75 from its current level of 70 years. The bill ...

Super heavyweights reach out to younger members

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) hosted a roundtable for superannuation heavyweights yesterday as it prepares for its sponsorship of Youth Week in April, aimed at engaging younger Australians and their super. Held yesterday, the forum involved representatives ...

GESB expands its board

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) appoints the current PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) head of national retirement incomes and asset actuarial consulting group as its employer director. Catherine Nance will be joining the GESB board for a ...

Strong returns boost super balances: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Good fund returns plus a strong economy have helped superannuation balances to recover from the financial crisis, exceeding their 2007 levels for the first time according to the latest data released by AMP today. Average balances increased by 11.4 per ...

Super industry warned of hack attacks

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... iPhone text messages to website passwords, banking details and credit card numbers. Attendees at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia luncheon on Monday learnt that infection by trojans and other malware is more dangerous than online ...