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Financial services demands more mental health support

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
COVID-19 has caused an uptick in the demand for access to mental health and wellbeing training for the employees of financial services firms, according to SuperFriend. New analysis by the wealth management industry's mental health partner reveals a ...

AustralianSuper gives Rio Tinto slap on the wrist

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
Rio Tinto got a talking to from AustralianSuper in relation to it blowing up a 40,000 year old Aboriginal heritage site, but the fund won't be selling down its $1 billion dollar stake. AustralianSuper chief investment officer and deputy chief executive ...

We cannot prevent the blow: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... keeping expenditures under control, boosting revenues through pro-growth policies that lift investment and helping Australians back into jobs. "Neither excessive austerity, nor higher taxes are the path that our government will pursue," Morrison said. ...

AustralianSuper denies turnover issue, delays office

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
AustralianSuper chief investment officer and deputy chief executive Mark Delaney has shot down rumours of a staff turnover issue at the fund and confirmed its planned US expansion is on hold. Appearing at a Bloomberg webinar, Delaney denied that the ...

Australians look to rebuild super: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
Australians are beginning to seek out strategies to rebuild their superannuation balances as enquiries about COVID-19-related help ease, according to AMP. The May data from the AMP technical adviser support team show voluntary concessional and non-concessional ...

SuperFriend refreshes leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
An AustralianSuper group executive has been added to the leadership of the wealth management industry's mental health partner, SuperFriend. AustralianSuper group executive of membership Rose Kerlin has joined the board of SuperFriend, following the ...

FPA accuses ASIC of price gouging

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... during this difficult time." ASIC also announced that measures designed to make financial advice more accessible to Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic will be removed. ASIC has set an end date of October 15 for the COVID-19 relief measures including ...

ERS payments reach $15bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Almost $15 billion has been removed from Australia's superannuation system, but the number of weekly applications has started to reduce. Over the week to June 7, superannuation funds made payments to 167,000 members, bringing the total number of payments ...

Cbus names head of infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The $54 billion industry superannuation fund has hired from AustralianSuper to appoint its new head of infrastructure. Cbus will welcome Alexandra Campbell to the role, bringing extensive experience in the infrastructure sector across both funds management ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Industry superannuation funds have continued to dominate Rainmaker's league tables for risk-adjusted MySuper returns, despite an ethical retail fund muscling its way into the top 10. Industry super funds took all but one of the top 10 positions ...