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UniSuper chair to step down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
Ian Martin will retire as chair of UniSuper at the end of the year, with an existing board director to replace him. Martin has been on the UniSuper board for close to a decade, the last five years of which were spent as chair. During that time the fund ...

APRA unmasks fund outsourcing impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... review was borne from its continued focus on improving the operation resilience of trustees and thereby outcomes for super members as well as because of concerns around trustees' management of related party arrangements that emerged from the financial ...

NGS Super increases death, TPD premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... "The increase in insurance costs is a direct a result of the increase in number of claims and payments made to NGS Super members over the last three years," the fund said. "The decision to reduce the IP Benefit Payment Period was made to align the Benefit ...

Aware Real Estate snaps up St Leonards site

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... and delivering exceptional quality, sustainable real estate projects, we not only provide strong returns for Aware Super members, we create places that allow people and businesses to thrive," Aware Real Estate chief executive Michelle McNally said. The ...

Super members switching options amid uncertainty

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... in the past six months in a bid to safeguard their retirement savings. In total, this year has seen almost 20% of super members make a change to their risk profile, 11% of them taking a more conservative approach. Specifically, more than 25% gen Y super ...

Aware Super deepens TAL relationship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... soon become the fund's sole insurer. "After a comprehensive tender process, VicSuper members will soon join Aware Super members in having their insurance provided by TAL Life," an Aware Super spokesperson confirmed. "TAL is one of the largest life insurance ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... million by AMP Superannuation; and $6 million by AMP Life. The fees for no service were charged to 1452 Flexible Super members who had access to general advice through their employer. Despite moving on from that employer and no longer having access to ...

UniSuper appoints ESG manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
UniSuper has appointed Jodie Barns as ESG manager. Barns will be responsible for qualifying and quantifying ESG considerations in investments and operations, to inform decisions taken in investments. Barns joins the fund from the Australian Council ...

Four MySuper products fail for second time: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
Five MySuper products have failed the second annual MySuper performance test, with four of them failing for a second time. The product that failed this year's performance test for the first time is Westpac Group Plan MySuper. Westpac must now identify ...

Australian Ethical sees profits drop, record super flows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... aside, net flows for superannuation hit a new record, coming in at $800 million for the year, up 22% on last year. Super members grew by 16%. Meanwhile, net flows from the adviser channel were up 46%, Australian Ethical said. While these were positive ...