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AMP launches new intra-fund advice offer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... advice offering focused on retirement. The retirement health check will be available to members of AMP's Super Directions Fund at no additional cost. It is a phone-based service that aims to provide members with a simple, fast conversation that might ...

ACCC merger reforms may impact super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... Standard that not only does the ACCC have the power to prevent mergers in the superannuation sector, but it can do so even if super funds have been under pressure to consolidate from other regulators. "The ACCC has a role in reviewing and preventing ...

Bad year for super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... AustralianSuper had net earnings of -$76 million for the period. The highest net earnings for the period were from Super Directions Fund ($2.3 billion), followed by ANZ Australian Staff Super ($769 million) and Aware Super ($710 million).

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... commissioner a timeline for implementing the auditors' recommendations. "AustralianSuper will fully comply with the directions of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in relation to the incident. An independent auditor has already been ...

RC recommendations closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... existing anti-hawking provisions do not effectively protect consumers from harm, and exposed the widespread practice of selling super and insurance products that do not meet their needs. Tighter controls over superannuation trustees' ability to "wear ...

Adviser charged with stealing super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... through Goel interviewed by ASIC was on Centrelink benefits and had a newborn baby. Goel allegedly told her she could get her super but did not inform her of fees. ASIC alleges several calls were made to AustralianSuper impersonating this woman, which ...

ATO allows ERS access to New Zealanders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... ATO said those with a KiwiSaver account are able to access the ERS scheme if they transfer their funds to an Australian super fund. "New Zealand KiwiSaver accounts are not eligible. However, KiwiSaver amounts transferred to an Australian super fund are ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Senator Jane Hume has denounced mergers between super funds with similar membership bases, saying concentrated memberships can make funds weak and smaller funds should look to emulate the likes of AustralianSuper and Sunsuper. In an address to the AFR ...

ASIC drags CFS to court over MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... services laws. The ASIC action comes after the Royal Commission heard former CFS general manager Linda Elkins admit 15,000 super members had not been moved to MySuper products by the deadline. The Royal Commission also heard CFS encouraged customers ...

Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... accounts of offer model portfolios. The fastest growing are Pursuit Focus Allocated Pension, BT Panorama Super, AMP Super Directions Personal, MLC MasterKey Business Super and HUB24 Invest. When it comes to managed discretionary accounts, Shaw and Partners ...