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Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... interests of members. It also found the fund's processes for determining the propriety of board directors are lacking. Cbus has released the independent review conducted by Deloitte, saying it has accepted all 26 recommendations, which largely relate ...

Swan hits back at Bragg: 'That's wrong of you'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
Cbus chair Wayne Swan faced the Senate Economics Committee today to answer questions around the super fund's claim handling delays, governance and payments made to the CFMEU. Cbus is facing legal action from the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Swan tells Bragg he won't front parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
Cbus chair Wayne Swan has declined an invitation to front the Senate Economics Committee over issues with the fund's recent board appointments and claims handling delays. In a letter to committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg, Swan thanked Bragg for the ...

AustralianSuper to pay $4.2m for delayed claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
AustralianSuper will compensate around 7000 beneficiaries to the sum of $4.2 million for death benefit claims that took longer than the fund's internal target handling time of four months from the date when the claim form was received. The fund ...

ASIC flags 'consistently weak' claims processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
Following its recent action against Cbus, ASIC has warned all super trustees to ensure they are processing death benefit claims efficiently, saying it has seen "consistently weak" practices and "operational failures." ASIC has put super funds on notice ...

Cbus confirms CFMEU nominations to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
Cbus has confirmed Paddy Crumlin, Jason O'Mara and Lucy Weber have joined the board after satisfying a 'fit and proper persons test' as part of the ongoing independent review being conducted by Deloitte at the direction of APRA. The findings ...

Lack of action on menopause driving gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... efficacy of existing menopause and reproductive leave policies on offer in Australia, such as those offered by Aware Super, Cbus, and Future Group. To ensure greater support, the government is being pushed to consider adding such entitlements to the ...

Cbus appoints head of advice

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
Cbus has recruited a former CareSuper executive as head of advice. Matt King will be responsible for ensuring Cbus members have access to advice that meets their needs and supports them to achieve their best possible retirement, the fund said. At CareSuper ...

ASIC escalates super fund enforcement in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... efficiently'," Court said. She went on to say that ASIC has "got much work to come early in the new year on this area". Cbus, BUSSQ, and First Super this year made headlines with respect to their ties with the Construction, Forestry and Maritime ...

AFCA names and shames in fresh Datacube release

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has completed its latest update of the AFCA Datacube, which makes data on complaints publicly accessible to consumers and financial firms. This newest update adds data covering firms with four or ...