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Super leaves gig economy behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... income variability - and this is exacerbated by gig workers being under-insured. Gig workers are 30% less likely than the rest of the population to have life insurance.

Industry fund sees 252% increase in digital advice use

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... An industry superannuation fund has seen interactions with its online financial advice tool more than double year-on-year. Rest Online Advice interactions increased by 252% in the 2019/2020 financial year compared to the previous year. In total Rest ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
"Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military ...

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 takes action on Union Standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against brokerage firm Union Standard International Group and its affiliates. The corporate regulator has taken action against the Sydney-based retail over-the-counter derivatives issuer and its former corporate ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
China has continued to tighten the screws on Australia after formally banning the importation of Australian coal. The reason, or reasons, are immaterial. Beijing could dig up a number of justifications for its most recent diktat the same way it did ...

Rest develops ethical option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... following its recent legal stoush with a member over climate change. In the wake of its settlement with member Mark McVeigh, Rest is seeking feedback from members as to what they feel a socially responsible investment option should look like at the fund. ...

Household capital a retirement solution: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The potential fourth pillar of retirement income, accessing household capital, could be the solution to a comfortable retirement, new research shows. The latest research from Heartland Seniors Finance conducted by RMIT University found 90% of senior ...

ASIC explores value for money in default group insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
ASIC has published a new report, aiming to determine whether consumers are receiving value for money in default insurance in superannuation. Report 675 Default insurance in superannuation: Member value for money explores metrics that ASIC said can help ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... four other superannuation funds could swell to $200 billion. First in line for this is Hostplus followed by MLC, Sunsuper, Rest and QSuper. UniSuper, Cbus and HESTA will be the last ones of the bigger funds to reach the mark, per current levels of growth ...