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Showing 241 - 250 of 2023 results for "Industry super"

ISA releases pre-election wish list

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has released a four-point plan to put members and their future economic security at the forefront of any debates over superannuation policy during the forthcoming election. Noting various discrepancies within the current ...

Industry super funds launch fresh campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Industry Super Australia has unveiled its latest advertising campaign, encouraging Australians to join one of its 13 member funds. The industry group has launched the 'I'm with one' campaign will run on metro, regional and subscription television ...

Hostplus, Statewide formalise merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
The two industry superannuation funds will progress merging after signing a Successor Fund Transfer deed. The SFT, due to take place on 1 April 2022, will see Statewide Super transfer its members and investments to Hostplus, effectively creating a $85 ...

Industry fund chief steps down, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
The longstanding chief executive of $26 billion industry superannuation fund Spirit Super will step down in the new year, with a QSuper executive to take up the role. Spirit Super's Leeanne Turner will step down as chief executive in early 2022 ...

Rest hires from MLC Asset Management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
The $65 billion industry superannuation fund has welcomed a head of investment product and communications who has previously held roles with MLC Asset Management and BlackRock. Lydia Vitalis joined Rest this month in the newly created role, having spent ...

More mergers, minimal awareness: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... to market in the year to October. Analysis of the 45 mergers that have taken place over the last 10 years shows industry super funds are most commonly involved in these deals, both as a transferring and successor fund. But as the pace of consolidation ...

Super funds handed holdings disclosure win

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... value of each asset would impact funds' ability to negotiate asset sales and thereby impact returns to members. Industry Super Australia welcomed the "common-sense approach", saying: "The government's final approach strikes the balance of providing ...

Active Super adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The $14 billion industry superannuation fund will welcome a new board director next month, appointed to a four-year term. Liverpool City Council's Nathan Hagarty will join Active Super's board on December 5 as an employer-nominated director. ...

What super funds should know about Gen Z

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
New research from industry super fund NGS Super has revealed what Gen Z wants from a super fund and their attitudes to saving and investing. According to the research, 73% of Gen Z participants said the pandemic encouraged them to save more, 31% said ...

Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... fund, which could leave many stapled to a dud that hasn't passed the government's own performance test," Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean said. "Being stuck to a dud fund could punch a huge hole in a person's nest egg ...