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Choice products continue to overshadow MySuper: APRA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
The June quarter saw the superannuation industry amassing $2.37 trillion across 986 superannuation products and 22.8 million accounts, according to APRA's latest data. Of which, $1.2 trillion sits across choice products. Of the 812 choice products ...

Tribel Advisory adopts estate planning solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... Research estimates that the intergenerational wealth transfer is around $4.9 trillion. This excludes $3.7 trillion of superannuation and money in savings accounts that aren't easily quantifiable. Yodal chief executive Brandon Thompson said traditionally ...

Moneysoft acquired by MUFG Pension & Market Services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... to innovation and continued investment in becoming the best-of-breed services provider in the global pension and superannuation industry," MUFG Retirement Solutions chief executive Dee McGrath said. "Moneysoft's cloud-based capabilities in Open Finance ...

ASIC crackdown: Action taken against 13 SMSF auditors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
During the first half of 2024, ASIC acted against the registration of 13 approved self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors. ASIC's concerns covered a range of topics, including breaches of auditing and assurance standards, independence requirements ...

Australian Food Super picks TAL for group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
The $3 billion industry superannuation fund has transitioned its group insurance arrangements to TAL. It marks the end of a five-year mandate with AIA, which took over as the fund's group life insurer in September 2019 from MetLife. Effective September ...

HESTA snags AMP head of compliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
HESTA has named a general manager, compliance, recruiting the head of risk and compliance from AMP's superannuation business. Tim Pietsch has taken on the role and brings extensive experience across the financial services sector to the fold. He joins ...

GESB adopts Protecting Your Super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
... looking to implement to ensure sustainability. This month, the West Australian government passed amendments to State Superannuation Regulations 2001 to align the fund with the broader superannuation industry and the Protecting Your Super legislation ...

Retirement calculators 'can't be counted on': SCA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
While most superannuation funds opine that retirement calculators are key to helping members, research from Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has found they often fail to produce reasonable results. The consumer advocate reviewed the country's largest ...

Vision Super refreshes premium rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
Vision Super is reducing premiums for a range of insurance products for its Super Saver, Personal, and Australian Services Union members. Vision Super and insurance partner MLC will decrease premiums for death, total and permanent incapacity (TPD) ...

eToro acquires Spaceship, sets sights on super sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
The global trading and investment platform is tapping into the superannuation sector with the acquisition of Spaceship, in a deal worth as much as $80 million. eToro has agreed to acquire Spaceship, expanding its local business and suite of offerings. ...