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VFMC names head of equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... joining VFMC in this key investment leadership role. He brings extensive experience in equities management across superannuation and institutional investment management, and we look forward to welcoming his ideas and insight into the team," Clarke said. ...

APRA to improve strategic planning, member outcomes rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
APRA is revisiting the design of its rules governing strategic planning and member outcomes in superannuation, including strengthening the way in which outcomes are assessed, closer monitoring of financial resources and new rules to follow when a MySuper ...

FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... "We can also expect the government to move quickly on its pre-election commitment of legislating an objective of superannuation." While details for this project haven't been announced, the FSC envisages the eventual legislative definition of super ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure rules "feeblest on the planet": Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... issuer of a bond tells investors nothing about its credit quality and interest-rate risk," Kennaway wrote. "If a superannuation fund were to invest in an external bond fund, it need only disclose the name of the fund manager, obscuring whether the investment ...

APRA consults on new operational risk standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... standard would replace five existing standards, being CPS 231 Outsourcing and CPS 232 Business Continuity Management, superannuation standards SPS 231 and SPS 232, and private health insurance standard HPS 231. The standards come in response to changing ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... responses to the retirement income covenant should have regard to how tax impacts retirement incomes. "Mergers of superannuation funds involve numerous tax considerations, including income tax, foreign tax, state taxes and member tax issues," the report ...

Four investment specialists join Resolution Life

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... The insurer's local investment team will be further strengthened by the acquisition of AIA's Australian superannuation and investment business. The acquisition will deliver significant value and scale benefits and will strengthen Resolution Life's ...

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... ideological war on super." "The big opportunity, not just for the government, but for the country is to recognise that superannuation is one of the things that we've got going for us." He added the government simply wants to make sure that the regulatory ...

Super fund for women closes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
A superannuation fund that targeted women has quietly closed after three years in market. FairVine Super, a sub-plan of Aracon Super, launched in May 2019 with a product specifically designed for women. The offering included a 'FairRewards' ...

Suncorp agrees to super class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
Suncorp is set to pay $33 million to settle a class action brought by superannuation members in 2019 over conflicted remuneration paid to financial advisers. The class action was brought by William Roberts Lawyers in June 2019 on behalf of Suncorp Super ...