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Super Fierce targets gender wealth gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... at addressing the gender wealth gap has officially launched this International Women's Day, with narrowing the superannuation its primary focus. The Super Fierce platform primarily compares superannuation products with the express aim of ensuring women ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... really perplexing that it's not more mainstream. But I think when it comes to financial institutions, including superannuation funds, those investment teams themselves are very male dominated and they are very traditional in how they invest," she says. ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The $450 threshold, a relic of the superannuation system from 1992 when employers argued it would be too difficult for administrators to pay super on small wages, has finally been scrapped in a win for women - but this is just one small step in addressing ...

Funds need retirement income strategy by July

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... products. Later this year, APRA plans to consult on how the Retirement Income Covenant can be integrated into the superannuation prudential framework.

ASIC stands against suspicious SMSF auditing

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
To help protect the integrity of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSFs) audits, ASIC has accepted voluntary cancellations or imposed conditions on the registration of several SMSF auditors. These auditors were involved in reciprocal audit arrangements ...

AvSuper names insurer, premiums rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
AvSuper has appointed a new group insurer and will increase premiums from next month, as it continues work to identify a merger partner. The $2.5 billion fund has awarded a group insurance mandate to AIA Australia. The fund's membership is currently ...

Switch to value could hurt super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... inflection point and value may continue to outperform now. This is expected to have significant consequences for the superannuation industry, with Rainmaker having found last year that super funds' actively managed international equities options ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... make up 9.5% of chair roles while just 6.5% serve as chief executives, new research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) shows. Nearly 35% of women hold a seat on an ASX200 board, almost doubling from seven years ago when there ...

Super fund cuts fees, appoints insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
One of the 13 super funds to fail last year's performance test is going to halve its percentage-based administration fee, a move expected to cement it as one of the cheapest MySuper products on offer. AMG Super will reduce the percentage-based component ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
Australian superannuation funds are dropping Russian assets in response to its invasion of Ukraine amid escalating global sanctions against Russia. Yesterday Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Senator Jane Hume released a joint statement requesting that ...