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Super women: Female-led funds on top

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
Super funds with female trustees and female leaders can boost their member's super by $100,000 over their working life. That's according to the latest data coming out of Rainmaker Information, which found that female-led funds with MySuper products ...

Group premiums rise 34%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... TAL advised that the legislative changes have "created pricing pressure for insurers who provide group insurance to super funds". "As a result, the fund's insurer, TAL Life Limited has reviewed the insurance premiums that members pay," Defence Bank said. ...

Queensland funds inch closer to merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... Understanding to undertake exclusive due diligence to explore a merger. The agreement comes around four months after the two super funds first flagged the possibility of a merger, with high-level discussions having taken place since November. After assessing ...

Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... average super fees - and therefore an increase in investment returns - by ensuring Australians picked better-performing super funds, would boost retirement incomes "by more than other policies, including raising the super guarantee to 12%". According ...

Super funds snub millions of Aussies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... English at home, according to new research. A survey conducted by LanguageLoop found that 81% of respondents said super funds give their non-English speaking customers the least consideration. Mortgage lenders also showed room for improvement with 79% ...

Higher super contributions make Aussies feel safer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... slight increase in super contribution levels corresponds with greater confidence in retirement outcomes." Choi said super funds and retirement product manufacturers had an important role to play in encouraging Australians to start thinking about their ...

Shape up on climate change risk: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... will update Prudential Practice Guide SPG 530 Investment Governance (SPG 530) in relation to ESG considerations for super funds. APRA said a survey of its regulated entities in 2018 revealed that the financial risks and opportunities from a changing ...

Stability needed: Maroney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... the SMSF Association is undertaking research with Rice Warner to compare the costs of SMSFs with industry and retail super funds. "We've signed another three-year agreement with the ATO," he added. Maroney called on those listening to encourage colleagues ...

Super chief opposes SG increase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... 12% in a submission to the Retirement Income Review. Prime Super chief executive Lachlan Baird said that while most super funds would advocate for an increase in compulsory super, he thinks they need to be "realistic." "Although the current 9.5% compulsory ...

SMSF auditors in firing line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
ASIC has cracked down on a number of auditors of self-managed super funds, which the regulator said have failed to meet their requirements. "ASIC has moved to disqualify, or suspend and/or add conditions to the registration of, a number of auditors ...