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Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... on his appointment, Swan said: "I'm humbled to have been chosen as the next chair of Cbus. Australia's superannuation sector is a world leading national achievement, and Cbus has been at the forefront of this success for decades." "I pledge to ...

Greater scrutiny of choice products needed: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... day of its annual ASI Conference, and in light of the APRA performance test results, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Eva Scheerlinck has expressed concern about the number of Australians that remain unaware their super fund is ...

Communicate risk, defensiveness differently: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... defensive assets changes in the coming years. That was the consensus from a panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference discussing how super funds are currently thinking about defensive assets. Frontier director ...

HESTA defines perfect merger partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... the criteria they'd have to meet. Sonia Sawtell-Rickson appeared in a session at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference and was asked who HESTA would merge with. Instead of naming a specific super fund, Sawtell-Rickson ...

Mergers don't always lead to scale benefits: Barry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
There is a misunderstanding that superannuation fund mergers will automatically lead to scale benefits for members, according to Spirit Super's chief investment officer. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI ...

Rest streamlines asset classes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
In a move to better align itself to the Your Future, Your Super benchmarks, the $62 billion industry superannuation fund is changing the way it categorises its investment options, shifting from 11 asset classes to seven 'mega asset classes'. ...

CFS drops admin fees on FirstChoice Employer Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... $8 million in total forgone revenue for CFS, the firm estimates. The latest fee cut comes as the CFS FirstChoice Superannuation Trust is named as one of the 13 MySuper products that failed the inaugural Your Future, Your Super performance test. "Despite ...

Departures continue at AMP Capital MAG

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... manages multi-asset, diversified and multi-manager funds) to AMP Australia, which it says will create an end-to end superannuation business. Meanwhile, the team has also lost its head of sector multi-manager Lydia Kav (nee Serafim) who left the company ...

Bravura appoints head of Sonata Alta

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Bravura with a deep experience of the super industry and brings a strong vision of the future operating models for superannuation fund servicing...[She] is deeply experienced in supporting funds to transform," a spokesperson for Bravura said. Bravura ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... to the super gender gap. Normalising the sharing of caring responsibilities is also critical, as well as paying superannuation on family leave." Women and Leadership Australia chief executive Suzi Finkelstein marked Equal Pay Day by pointing out that ...