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Challenger taps Hamilton for top job

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
Nick Hamilton will take over as managing director and chief executive of Challenger on January 1. Following the announcement of Richard Howes' intention to retire earlier this year, Challenger has appointed Hamilton as his successor. Hamilton currently ...

Avanteos faces criminal charges over deceased super members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... criminal charges relating to failures to update defective disclosure statements and continuing to charge fees to deceased super fund members. At the time of the offending, Avanteos was a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank. In early 2016, Avanteos received ...

Top investment products, super fund revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... while Virgin Money scored the nod in the non-bank category. Macquarie Bank has taken out the top honour again with a base and max rate of 1.1%. In terms of the best-value flexible home loans, G&C Mutual, Macquarie Bank and Freedom Lend provide the most ...

Retirement Income Covenant hits parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... receive superannuation. "This will benefit 300,000 low-income Australians of whom approximately 63% are women," he said. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran commented that the covenant will finally put the onus on funds to contemplate ...

High-net-worth investors richer, optimistic

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
Australia's high-net-worth (HNW) investors have multiplied in size and wealth, controlling $2.77 trillion in investable assets, new research shows. New research commissioned by Praemium and carried out by Investment Trends found the total number of ...

TelstraSuper releases retirement income solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... members and $300 billion in superannuation savings will move from the accumulation to decumulation phase. Davies said the super fund recognises that members drawing down on their nest egg have different requirements and investment risks than members ...

ACSRF expands digital partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... expanding its digital partnership with SS&C. SS&C Bluedoor will provide a new mobile app for ACSRF's 86,000 members in which super and pension information can be accessed in real time. ACSRF chief executive Greg Cantor said: "We chose SS&C to deliver ...

$450 super threshold to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... Budget Statement. The bill removes the $450 per month income threshold under which employees do not have to be paid the super guarantee by their employer. "This will remove a structural discrimination that has been part of the superannuation system since ...

MLC Life wins group mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... Smartsave - is home to more than 14 different superannuation sub-plans. Others include LESF Super, Super Prophets and max Super Fund. Confirming the news to Financial Standard, a spokesperson for MLC Life said: "We're pleased to have been appointed as ...

UniSuper net zero efforts accelerated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... and industrial energy provider which is wholly owned by Japan's Marubeni Corporation, on behalf of the $100 billion super fund. Under the agreement, a 10-hectare, community solar farm in Victoria will link about six gigawatt hours to assets managed ...