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Super funds slapped over smoker premiums

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... smoking rate, merely providing disclosure and putting the onus on members to act is not enough to support good member outcomes." All trustees that ASIC approached have since ended this practice with new members, she said, and have all moved or are in ...

Industry fund lowers fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... (0.34% to 0.15%) and cash (0.10% to 0.08%). "As a profit to member fund we are always looking for ways to improve member outcomes. Through a strong cost discipline we have been able to reduce fees and costs across the majority of our investment structure ...

Equity Trustees nabs new director

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... critical to a robust, secure superannuation system and requires leaders who understand the dynamics of investment and member outcomes and the technical complexities of governance and regulation," Lally said. "Recent market volatility and the impacts ...

Cbus brings digital assets in-house

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... a better experience from the digital assets, they'll engage more often and make decisions that can improve member outcomes." Pickering said the move to bring digital assets under Cbus' control will not replace administration systems provided ...

APRA heatmap sees members save on fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... many funds still displayed on the heatmap in shades of red and orange when it comes to fees and costs. Although member outcomes can't be measured on one factor alone - and superior member services or investment performance may sometimes justify higher ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... accelerated mergers were underpinned but regulatory pressure, scrutiny and oversight, noting the increased focus on member outcomes, fees, costs and performance, the impending implementation of the Financial Accountability Regime and ongoing discussions ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... have to follow the numbers, and the numbers are that larger funds - for different reasons - are delivering better member outcomes," she said. The debate came as Link Group revealed it too was expecting more mergers to emanate from the pandemic, in an ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... strategies," CFS said in a statement to investors, published don its website. "This measure is designed to improve member outcomes by giving the investment manager greater flexibility to make appropriate decisions in various circumstances." The announcement ...

Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... to see here." Rowell again reiterated the regulator's role. "Our role as a prudential regulator is to look at member outcomes and what trustees are delivering holistically, across their membership base," she said. "We look at net returns, expenses, relative ...

Regulators praise super law reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... and include expanding ASIC's role as conduct regulator while retaining APRA's role as the prudential and member outcomes regulator in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said: "ASIC and APRA have a shared commitment to improving ...