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Boutique fund manager chief retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... replacement," a spokesperson said. Schubert has since taken on a non-executive directorship on the board of NAB superannuation trustee NULIS Nominees. Before joining Cooper Investors, he spent four years at Mercer as the leader of strategic client partnerships ...

Industry fund ups fees ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
A $13 billion industry superannuation fund has increased its insurance fees ahead of merging later this year. MTAA Super wrote to members in a significant event notice to let them know that from 3 February 2020 insurance fees for death and total and ...

Sunsuper welcomes new board directors

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
A superannuation sector veteran has been appointed to the board of Sunsuper, helping lift female representation on the board to 40%. Cate Wood has joined the Sunsuper board, bringing with her more than 20 years in leadership roles in profit-for-member ...

SMSFA slams limited licensing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... its portal for licensed advisers, who currently have no means for accessing ATO portal information directly from the tax office. "Currently, only registered tax agents (typically accountants) are able to access its portal to get total superannuation ...

UK pension fund expands offering, climate risk policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
A $16 billion UK pension fund modelled on the Australian superannuation system has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority to operate as an Occupational Pension Scheme. It is also intensifying efforts to tackle the risks posed by ...

Grow Super hires Qantas Super executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
Grow Super has hired Qantas Super's chief operating officer, as it looks to divest its superannuation business and pivot towards administration services. Grow Super is currently looking for a buyer for its $39 million (as at June end) of superannuation ...

IOOF completes licence conditions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... 2019, IOOF was found to have breached one of APRA's licence conditions when it failed to establish a dedicated superannuation trustee function by the deadline. In September 2019, APRA lost a court action against IOOF and five of its senior officers in ...

ASIC to survey whistleblower policies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... reforms, public companies, large proprietary companies, and proprietary companies that are trustees of registrable superannuation entities must have a whistleblower policy available to their officers and employees by 1 January 2020," the regulator said. ...

Cbus enters corporate super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... discounts or special deals to large employers to get new deals," he said. "The new product has lower insurance premiums for office workers and allows CBUS to compete for employers that don't necessarily have high risk occupations or work in the construction ...

Trustee firm, super fund in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... provided was personal in nature and provided without a Statement of Advice. False and misleading statements about superannuation, insurance products and services were also made in the promotion of the fund, ASIC alleges. The group insurance available ...