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Industry funds to dominate in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
New research reveals which industry superannuation funds will dominate the sector in 2025 and squeeze out many retail funds. Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking Report shows AustralianSuper, QSuper/Sunsuper, Aware Super, UniSuper and Hostplus will become ...

Benefits of advice reforms yet to materialise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... 300 advisers leaving the industry each month. Since the 2017-19 Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, an overhaul of the advice sector has become a major priority. "We are yet to see the evidence ...

FPA appoints FPEC chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... of the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC). Marc Olynyk is a senior lecturer in financial planning and superannuation and director of work integrated learning at Deakin Business School. Olynyk began a career in lecturing financial planning in ...

Super fund reduces fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
A $10 billion industry superannuation fund dropped administration and investment fees for its 86,000 members. Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has reduced asset-based administration fees to 0.19% for each account balance, meaning ...

Actuaries Institute releases retirement policy review

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... Over 200 actuaries provided feedback for a new policy paper from the Actuaries Institute which is recommending a superannuation guarantee rate of 10-12%, earlier access to retirement savings and disincentives for pension lump sums and bequests. Securing ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... organisations as more important because of the pandemic. "Given recent, high profile court cases brought against superannuation funds by their members on issues such as climate change, coupled with reforms like Your Future Your Super and other regulatory ...

CFS appoints risk chief from MLC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... and compliance, remediation, regulatory affairs, government affairs, legal, company secretariat and office of the superannuation trustee. Prior to joining MLC in 2019, he held several senior leadership roles at Westpac and BT, including as the mergers ...

ASX 200 doubles down on net zero

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... capitalisation of the ASX 200 have made net zero commitments for 2050 or earlier, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI's latest report, Promises, Pathways and Performance, showed 49 companies have committed to ...

KiwiSaver, NZ Super Fund architect remembered

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... economic growth and one of the lowest levels of public debt in the world, he added. Chair of the Guardians of NZ Superannuation Catherine Drayton said: "The 'Cullen Fund' as it was initially nicknamed has now grown to be worth $58 billion and is projected ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has launched a short paper to push for the sovereign wealth fund to manage all superannuation unless a worker opts out. The 20-page widely spaced paper titled Competition for Workers' Superannuation characterises the current ...