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Mental health costs insurers $750m per year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... paying out $750 million per year for primary cause of claim being mental health," Lydon said. "The other element for super funds is that if people are in good work they are typically functioning well and are therefore contributing to their super. So ...

Cbus, UniSuper back new housing bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... funds and offshore investors for its bonds and to see CHPs from around Australia benefitting from NHFIC's finance." "Super funds have an increasing desire to invest in social and affordable housing in Australia and NHFIC's bonds provide them with an ...

Underperformers should not be allowed new members: Silk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... even choose - a persistently underperforming fund," Silk said. Such a move would essentially mean underperforming super funds could not onboard any new members. Silk added APRA's recently unveiled MySuper heatmaps were a good idea conceptually. He said ...

Super Fund of the Year named

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... Investment Management and Macquarie in a career that spanned close to 40 years. The awards recognise Australia's super funds and industry providers that have proved to consistently add the most value to members through sustained investment performance ...

Insto investors confused by environmental equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... it's not easy to help them see what job it does or how to fit it in in terms of allocation." Most pension funds and super funds that invest with Impax, he said, assess environmental equities as a satellite to global equities. "Pension funds are now having ...

ASIC eyes claims handling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... TPD products. We don't want to see junk insurance as part of the design in group insurance policies." She added that super funds should understand their members are unlikely to have ever navigated a TPD claims process before when making a claim. Curtis ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
Senator Jane Hume has slammed the superannuation industry over the excuses used by super funds for not merging, saying there is simply no excuse when members' best interests are at play. Speaking on the final day of the ASFA Conference in Melbourne ...

Rapid pace of regulatory change to continue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... her speech to reflect on the changes experienced by the industry, Smith said it has been a significant year for both super funds and the regulatory body. "Looking ahead to next year, what we expect is a continuation of what has been the prevailing environment ...

No pat on the back for high performers: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... APRA is only focusing on investment performance, fees and member growth. With investment and admin fees collected by super funds going up from $16 billion in 2011 to $32 billion in 2019, this is the one factor that super funds have the most direct control ...

Trustee firm expands into fund administration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... and more expensive than in many other nations, he added. According to Sargon, the system will "seamlessly integrate super funds with key industry participants, enabling the reliable and secure movement of data and money using globally recognised standards ...