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MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The annual MySuper heatmap shows 45% of products delivered returns below benchmark this year but there are few surprises, with most being the same products that failed the performance test. The regulator has also shared which funds came close to failing ...

What you read in 2021

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
In another year of lockdowns and uncertainty, Financial Standard 's most read stories show all eyes were on the changing nature of the superannuation sector. Industry consolidation and the Your Future, Your Super performance test underscore the ...

MLC Life adds to retail distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
The life insurer has made a series of appointments to its retail distribution team in the hopes of strengthening its licensee and adviser relationships. Four new additions have been made, reporting to general manager of retail distribution partnerships ...

FSC names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... advocating for reforms to make financial advice more accessible and affordable, and promoted the interests of superannuation and life insurance consumers by bringing an end to occupational exclusions in group life insurance policies," Bryant said. Loane ...

Prime Minister announces reverse mortgage scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... living standards in their retirement years." He added: "It just gives them another tool to be able to have a better quality of life in their retirement and using that equity in their own home to be able to achieve. Now, it's a choice. It's an ...

Super fund appoints new insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... cover for Catholic Super members since 2008. Meanwhile, since 2006 Equip's group insurance has been provided by Hannover Life Re, which is exiting the market. The appointment of MetLife follows a lengthy tender process focused on ensuring long-term value ...

Foreign investment in Australian commercial property hits record high

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... has increased significantly during 2021 and we're also fielding considerable interest in alterative asset classes such as life sciences and data centres," he said.

HESTA launches Future Planner tool

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... and expert tips to educate and help members see how they could change their retirement outcomes. To bring Future Planner to life, HESTA leveraged existing digital technology architecture and led innovative collaboration across its partner network. Long-time ...

ISA releases pre-election wish list

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... pass the annual performance test; legislating super's objective of generating income to provide workers with a dignified life in retirement; maintaining the legislated schedule for increasing the super guarantee to 12% by 2025; and finally, ruling out ...

Aussies less confident about retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... superannuants, especially women who remain under-advised despite their working lives typically being more varied and punctuated by life events," Poirier said.