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Super must come together over cybercrime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... cybercrime. Addressing the Association of Super Funds of Australia, GNGB executive officer Michelle Bower has urged the super industry to take a unified approach to dealing with cybercrime, in the wake of fraud attempts on the government's Early Release ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... rather than the big picture of what the industry should seek to achieve." Griffith said, on the whole, Australia's super industry is positive; returns have been strong, fees are "okay", and unlike other large developed markets, Australia has decent contribution ...

Funds receive first ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... privacy breaches." The ATO also released a number of key messages that came from consultation it held with the super industry last week in relation to the ERS scheme. It said industry members raised the question around duplicate accounts and whether ...

ATO to verify early release requests

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... super (ERS) payments and called on the funds to cooperate. "Right now, the government's ask of the $3 trillion super industry is that it responds to those verified requests from the ATO and releases funds to its members in a timely manner," Hume ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... talks Rice Warner believes the turmoil experienced across financial services will soon force small players in the super industry to accelerate merger discussions, even though the environment is more difficult to successfully execute a fund marriage than ...

COVID-19 to hasten merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... merge. Rice Warner believes the turmoil experienced across financial services will soon force small players in the super industry to accelerate merger discussions, even though the environment is more difficult to successfully execute a fund marriage ...

SMSF Association chair gets new gig

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... done in this sector. Joining Heffron is the perfect way for me to pursue this," said Hamilton. "The self-managed super industry is continuing to grow and mature, while dealing with both new challenges and opportunities. "It's more important than ever ...

Super fund slashes fee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... major funds are increasing fees and Hostplus said its move will likely increase pressure on other parts of the super industry. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the lower pension fee will make Hostplus one of the lowest cost and best value pension ...

Super fund director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... too much credit to my financial experience. I learned quickly that the financial skills that are applied to the super industry sit adjacent to the traditional finance skills, so there was more learning to be done," he admitted. He also said he is proud ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... benchmarks than lifecycle product stages. Rowell said the release of the heat map marked a game-changing moment for the super industry. "The heat map will subject trustees to a new level of scrutiny, and it's understandable that some in the industry ...