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Group insurance using shoddy data: Rice Warner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
The poor quality of group insurance data is conducive to administrative blunders that are notoriously difficult to rectify, according to Rice Warner. Superannuation funds and their life insurance partners are falling short of improving data collection ...

MTAA, Tasplan reveal new brand

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... the bat, members will start seeing the benefits of the merger," she said. Tasplan recently told members of its plans to switch from lifecycle MySuper to single strategy, citing higher administration costs for the lifecycle among the reasons. MTAA Super ...

Tasplan says goodbye to lifecycle MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
After four years of offering its MySuper option as a lifecycle product, Tasplan plans to switch back to single strategy citing higher costs among the reasons. The $11.5 billion superannuation fund is set for a merger with the $12.6 billion MTAA Super ...

Hostplus axes manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... investment option. However, the Australian shares option that members who do not choose another option will be automatically switch to does have higher fees. Balanced Equity Management - Australian Shares has a management fee of 0.13%, no performance ...

ASIC to review impact of ASX outage

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
In 2021, ASIC will review how market participants adapted to the ASX's outage in November, and if they and the ASX violated their market operating licences. On November 16 at 10:24 am, ASX halted trading on ASX Trade after switching to new systems ...

Personal finance app retires Australian business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... same year, the federal government introduced CDR, aiming to empower consumers to share and control their data to help them switch between providers. It formed a partnership with Rollit Super last year to provide API infrastructure. CDR went live this ...

ISA ramps up campaign against super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... savings and said it generated up to $10 billion a year in profit. "The government instead wants to install a regulatory kill switch, which would allow it to prohibit any super fund investment or expenditure they do not approve of, even if in the best ...

Hedge fund switched traders with algorithm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
A hedge fund, previously linked to several superannuation funds, has been fined US$170 million for replacing its traders with an algorithm that drastically underperformed. An investigation by the US Securities Exchange Commission found UK-based BlueCrest ...

Super SA to close growth option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
The $30.5 billion government superannuation fund for South Australia will close its growth option. From 25 January 2021, Super SA will also be closing the growth investment option. Investments in this option will automatically be switched into the high ...

Advice firm launches dealer group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
A Sydney-based financial advice firm is entering the licensee space, launching a technology-driven dealer group offering. Insight Investment Partners has launched IIP Dealer Group, led by managing director Anthony Lyon and director Christopher Fellas. ...