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New chief executive at Fitzpatricks Group

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The national advice group has appointed a new chief executive to succeed co-founder John Woodley, as he moves to an executive chair role. Jodie Blackledge has been appointed Fitzpatricks Group's chief executive. This gives her the responsibility ...

Cbus, Media Super merger progresses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The two industry superannuation funds will move on to the next phase of merger preparations, as the smaller of the two confirms the closure of numerous investment options. Cbus and Media Super have announced they are commencing work on a merger plan ...

Retail fund ups premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
A retail superannuation fund will increase premiums on income protection policies from 2021. Living Super, ING's super offering, will up income protection premiums by 23% from 8 January 2021. "Our focus is to provide a great value product with competitive ...

Industry fund names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has appointed a former Link Group general manager and industry fund chief executive to its top job. MIESF has named Katherine Kaspar as its incoming chief executive, following the announcement that Bill ...

JANA appoints NFP head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The $600 billion asset consultant has appointed a head of not-for-profit, as it wins New Zealand's largest philanthropic trust as a client in the segment. Michael Karagianis has been appointed JANA's head of not-for profit, in addition to retaining ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper's total assets ticked up to $200 billion, after a record-new 400,000 signups in FY20 and strong performance. As at November-end, it had over 2.3 million members from around 330,000 businesses, implying about 10% of Australia's ...

New AMP Australia chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
AMP has appointed a new chief executive for the AMP Australia business, replacing Alex Wade who exited suddenly. Former Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley will take over from Blair Vernon, who has been acting in the position since Wade's sudden ...

UniSuper wins in court judgement on board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
The Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday decided in favour of the $83 billion industry fund after a union asked the court to decide on its rights in nominating a director for the UniSuper board. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) on September ...

US regulator, states sue Facebook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Facebook appears unfazed by antitrust lawsuits filed by 46 US states and the Federal Trade Commission seeking to force the social media giant to divest key assets, labelling the actions 'revisionist history'. The FTC and 48 Attorneys General ...

Super satisfaction bounces back

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Member satisfaction with superannuation funds has increased across all sectors for the first time since the pandemic, new research shows. Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report reveals overall superannuation satisfaction increased 0.6% ...