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National Seniors partners with retirement funder

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Australia's peak advocacy body for seniors partnered with a specialist retirement funding provider in an effort to improve retirement outcomes. National Seniors Australia (NSA) has partnered with Household Capital to work towards better retirement outcomes ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... O'Halloran said. Poorly performing MySuper products is not the only issue coming under the spotlight of the newly launched organisation. It is also taking aim at the superannuation lobby, which SCA says is "using [our] retirement savings to lobby ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... promised to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy with a view to implementing even greater accommodation (if needed). The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) latest downgrade to world economic growth underscores the advanced ...

Corporate fund appoints risk lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... focus on risk and compliance and its implementation of the 'Three Lines of Defence' risk governance model within the organisation. "Suzette is a highly talented and accomplished risk executive, evidenced by her twenty-five-year track record of building ...

Industry funds confirm merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Two industry superannuation funds worth more than $45 billion combined have confirmed they will merge later this year. Hostplus and Club Super are set to merge in just over a month, after the two industry super funds signed a Successor Fund Transfer ...

APRA considers appeal in IOOF case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has labelled its failed action against IOOF and five of its senior officers as a test case. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said the regulator was disappointed by the decision last week but added the case ...

Federal Court delivers APRA, IOOF verdict

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
The Federal Court of Australia has found IOOF did not contravene the Superannuation Industry Supervision Act in the case brought against its APRA-regulated entities by the prudential regulator. The Federal Court has held that IOOF's Investment Management ...

IFM Investors boss to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
Brett Himbury, the chief executive of the $148 billion industry-super-owned fund manager, is retiring after a decade in the role in a surprise announcement made this morning. Himbury will retire from executive roles effective December 2020. IFM Investors ...

Industry Fund Services adopts regtech solution

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... financial advice compliance and oversight of best interest duty for consumers. "Advice RegTech is excited to support an organisation that shares a similar vision to improve outcomes for consumers, and to enable greater efficiency so that more Australians ...

Super funds recognised in UNPRI awards

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... said the fund is "thrilled" to be recognised in this group of global leaders, and that it was a testament to the organisation-wide commitment to responsible investment. "HESTA has for many years been a global pioneer in responsible investment as this ...