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ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... The Australian late last year, ASIC will shine its regulatory light on how deals are struck between employers and super funds in Australia, after a year in which default superannuation arrangements were a point of focus. According to the report, ASIC's ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
... Westpac subsidiaries contravened the Corporations Act in 14 of 15 customer phone calls by implying the rollover of super funds into a BT account was recommended. This came about through a "quality monitoring framework" where BT staff were coached in ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... or criminal attack, and about a third (37%) resulted from human error. A recent report from Deloitte highlights why super funds are particularly vulnerable to cyber criminals. Large account balances, low member engagement and low cyber maturity makes ...

Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... employees, processes and systems on the back of mergers and acquisitions can be challenging for organisations. For super funds, mergers create an added layer of complexity because members must also be aligned culturally and their trust has to be earned. ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... meaningful systematic relationship between fund returns and their growth asset weighting, the October analysis shows super funds with a more conservative approach to investments managed the downside risk better. And there were some new names at the top ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
The first strikes against executive remuneration at ANZ, NAB and Westpac recently show Australia's superannuation funds are cutting through when it comes to shareholder voting prowess. NAB recorded the highest ever vote (88%) against a remuneration ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... unit to UK firm Resolution Life. Looking for Royal Commission stories? See our top 10 here. Corporate and industry super funds unite November brought another merger of superannuation funds, when the corporate fund Fairbrother Employee Retirement Fund ...

UBS signs on Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... Reuters, which had been the UBS Direct To Member platform vendor for markets data and news since 2011. Five large super funds currently use the UBS platform to service their members in direct investment options (DIOs): AustralianSuper, Hostplus, Telstra ...

MYEFO sees bond issuance drop

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... change ratio compresses to three-to-one if contrasting the $7 billion increase in Australian fixed interest FUM by super funds to their $23 billion increase in fixed interest FUM. Higher growth of international fixed interest holdings relative to Australian ...

Super a money laundering target: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... facing the guardians of Australia's nest eggs. The financial intelligence agency is concerned about the potential for super funds to be caught out, as financial criminals begin to target the burgeoning $2.7 trillion sector, adding the risks faced by ...