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Super fund promotional expenses balloon: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... for their members," she said. "The first-time release of fund-level insurance data will enhance transparency and hold trustees and insurers accountable to improve the value and service members receive."

ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has written to superannuation trustees urging them to strengthen anti-scam practices, or risk exposing their members to harm. The open letter, signed by ASIC commissioner Simone Constant, outlined ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... the retirement phase, they will have more frequent, and more complex, interactions with their superannuation funds so trustees will need to ensure they can meet members' changing needs," ASIC said. The regulator pointed to research from the Australian ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... likely "stop merely dabbling in technology" and make decisive moves toward insourcing as regulators made it clear to trustees they cannot outsource responsibility for member services. Prior to Iress announcing this morning that it will divest its superannuation ...

Super moves: Future Fund, QIC, Vanguard Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... strategic research. He led the team responsible for providing strategic advice to the firm's investment committee and trustees. Before joining Future Group in 2022, Zhang was vice president of research and strategy at Parametric where he designed ...

How to simplify super to get better retirement outcomes: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... foreseeable future. Therefore, "we need to find another way," the report said. Mercer recommended that superannuation trustees be allowed to offer members aged between 65 and 75 the option to transfer their accumulated benefit into an eligible retirement ...

Perpetual awards mandate to Equity Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2025
Perpetual has appointed Equity Trustees (EQT) to oversee two of its superannuation products as the new trustee. Equity Trustees Superannuation will takeover trustee duties on 1 March 2025 from Perpetual for the Select Super Plan and Select Pension Plan. ...

Ares appoints EQT as RE for private market fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Ares Management Corporation has selected Equity Trustee (EQT) as responsible entity for its recently launched Ares Private Markets Fund (AUT). Financial Standard flagged the fund launch last week, with AUT - an Australian domiciled unit trust to provide ...

AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... financial literacy. This should foster increased member engagement and promote financial wellness. AI can also assist trustees and advisers in navigating the crucial decumulation phase for plan members," he said.

Perpetual takeover 'not in the best interests of shareholders'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
The proposed acquisition of Perpetual's wealth management and corporate trustees' businesses by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has been deemed not in the best interests of shareholders. An independent expert informed the wealth manager that the risk ...