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Super fund increases premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... A $117 billion superannuation fund is changing the cost of insurance across the board at the turn of the New Year. Most QSuper members will see income protection cover go up 31%, while death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover will increase ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Earlier this month, AMP Capital shut its four active ETFs that totalled about $55 million in assets. ESSSuper, Legalsuper and QSuper were some of the big clients that severed ties with the group in the last six months. AMP Capital's ESG team AMP ...

Link hires from QSuper, NAB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... support of the fund. He will report to Link chief executive, superannuation solutions Dee McGrath. McCormack joins from QSuper where he held the lead growth strategy role for close to four years. Prior to that he was executive director, consulting and ...

Spaceship delivers for millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... 12.3% p.a. respectively. Future Super came in second, returning 3.3% p.a. and 5.6% p.a. respectively. Over the longer term, QSuper came out on top with 6.5% p.a. on a five-year basis. For the same period, Aware Super delivered 5.4% p.a. while Media Super ...

QInsure ramps up claims technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... system, including streamlined claims processes which enables our claim managers to focus on providing excellent outcomes to QSuper members". FINEOS chief executive Michael Kelly said the move to the FINEOS Platform is an exciting opportunity for the ...

Bumpy quarter for AMP

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... Life. Average assets under management reduced to $189.8 billion from $191.9 billion in June 2020. ESSSuper, Legalsuper and QSuper were some of the big clients that severed ties with the group in the last six months. Overall, Australian wealth management ...

QSuper head of advice exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The head of QSuper's advice unit has departed after the superannuation fund restructured its financial-advice offering to members. Kim Hughes, who was appointed as the $110 billion superannuation fund's chief of advice for QInvest in February 2019 ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Minded option in the near term. Once we have done this, we will update our product disclosure statement." Legalsuper and QSuper have also recently axed AMP Capital from being the sole manager of each fund's socially responsible investment option. ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... zero by 2050 target. About 55% of funds (including AustralianSuper, BT, CareSuper, CBA Super, Hostplus, Macquarie, Mercer, QSuper, Rest, Sunsuper and TelstraSuper) were undertaking activities to reduce portfolio emissions intensity but were not aiming ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Two major superannuation funds are reviewing their remuneration structures as a result of COVID-19, which will potentially see many executive pay reduce, a public hearing found. Hostplus chief executive David Elia appeared before the House of Representatives ...