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EISS Super answers tough questions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
After a period of media scrutiny following its failure of the inaugural APRA performance test, EISS Super has faced a parliamentary committee, facing tough questions over the test result and its sponsorship deals. Liberal MP Jason Falinski led the questioning ...

TPT Wealth builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
The trustee and wealth management business of MyState Group appointed two senior managers as it aims to grow its funds under management. Joe Youssef joined as senior manager, wholesale and Trev McCallum has taken on the role of senior manager, wholesale ...

Employers unaware of YFYS, stapling: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... consumer experience consultancy CSBA and Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) in partnership with Melbourne Business School, surveyed 8355 individual fund members and 1155 employers. It found 54% of surveyed employers were not aware of the YFYS ...

Catholic Super adds to trustee board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
A former Commonwealth Bank and Perpetual executive has joined the board of Catholic Super, adding more than 25 years of experience. Matthew Cassin joined the fund's board last month, with Catholic Super chair Danny Casey seeing his experience in achieving ...

Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... and 50% felt less comfortable taking time off work when they were working from home. According to research from the UNSW School of Psychiatry and the Black Dog Institute, burnout symptoms include anxiety and stress, depression and low mood, irritability ...

YFYS test results not a fair representation: Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Frontier is concerned the APRA performance test does not adequately assess acceptable performance, given several of the funds that were failed actually perform better than others that passed. The asset consultant, which advises on $490 billion, said ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Big names like Colonial First State's FirstChoice, BT Super and Christian Super are among the 13 superannuation funds that failed APRA's inaugural performance test. In all, APRA tested 76 MySuper products in this round, of which 13 failed. This ...

FPA appoints FPEC chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... a senior lecturer in financial planning and superannuation and director of work integrated learning at Deakin Business School. Olynyk began a career in lecturing financial planning in 1999 at RMIT University before going on to a senior lecturer position ...

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
After four months of due diligence, the two super funds have confirmed they will merge before the end of the year. In a joint statement, Aware Super and the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF) said the merger will create the largest ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... they may see maths are complex or abstract, and many schools don't have enough STEM-qualified teachers. It said 45% of school principals that responded to its survey said maths and science classes were being taught by teachers not fully qualified. "The ...