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Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... agreed there are multiple issues to overcome. "QSuper is public sector and Sunsuper is private sector. QSuper is defined benefit, although being in surplus neutralises this issue somewhat. Defined benefit divisions would need to be quarantined," he said. ...

Inflation the forgotten risk to retiree portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... fairly simple thing to do, and we do it for all of our portfolios," he said. Beesley said the strategy was used by defined benefit scheme managers, who realized they were paying inflation linked coupons "for the rest of their investors life". Offering ...

Industry fund awards admin mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
Australia's largest open defined benefit superannuation fund awarded an administration technology mandate to IRESS. ESSSuper has signed an agreement with IRESS which will see the technology firm install an automated administration service - Automated ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... treated worse than any other group in our community. People stole the money off women," he said. Kelty said that defined benefit schemes were particularly disadvantageous to women, but that the industry-led super scheme he was a part of creating with ...

Industry fund implements fee changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... pension and transition to retirement accounts. The change also applies to additional accumulation accounts of defined benefit members. Meanwhile, investment fees on some account-based pension options have also changed. Members that will see savings are ...

Recreo, Mine Super enter the cloud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... Recreo and Mine Super said the cloud-based platform, named OneTrust, can manage a range of schemes, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans and features automated workflows. Andrew Bain, chief executive of Recreo said: "Today we have ...

Tasmanian super funds seek insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... the trustee of the Retirement Benefits Fund which has five sub-funds including SFCSS and TASSS. Both funds are defined benefit schemes that are closed to new members. SFCSS has 85 members and $33 million and the TASSS has $57 million and 116, according ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... funds instead. Mercer's 2019 European Asset Allocation survey also shows average equity allocations for Irish defined benefit schemes have fallen to just 28%, down from 34% in 2018. Bond allocations remain at 50% while allocations to alternative ...

Super fund overhauls group insurance cover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... (whichever is greater). Benefit periods for all income protection will change from three years to two years. Members in defined benefit, state or police accounts will also be affected by the changes if they leave their jobs. Queensland Government employees ...

Industry fund appoints advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... formerly the head of financial planning at the fund. Palmer will now be responsible for business development, defined benefit, financial planning, insurance and claims, product and accredited financial advisers. "Lisa has more than 15 years' experience ...