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Early insurance claimants return to work faster

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... part of the Rice Warner Group Insurance 2010 to 2013 Industry Tables, which are based on member data from 16 Australian super funds. Rice Warner estimates this data represents 43% of all "group insured lives" in Australia. The report also examined total ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... QROPS status if benefits could be paid to members under 55 in circumstances outside of "serious ill health." Many Australian super funds, however, also provision for early release in cases of severe financial hardship, balances below $200 and certain ...

Aussie super funds in top 100

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... QSuper (82) and First State Super (96) also made the top 100 which is rounded out by UniSuper. Eight of the 16 Australian super funds listed in the top 300 improved their global position during 2014. Senior investment consultant for Towers Watson Australia ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
The UK government has enlisted a former Lord Mayor of London and property expert to pitch flagship real estate projects to Australian superannuation funds. Sir Michael Bear served in one of the world's oldest surviving elected roles from 2010 to 2011. ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Australian superannuation funds should not be worrying about their local counterparts and be more concerned with what international pension funds are doing as competition for assets continues to grow. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
HESTA has partnered with Social Ventures Australia to launch one of the country's biggest impact investment funds. The $32 billion health and community services industry fund has committed $30 million - the largest single commitment to the local impact ...

Retirement income is not one-size-fits-all

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has released a framework for selecting default post-retirement products that attempts to eliminate a one-size-fits-all approach. Launched at the AIST Australian Superannuation Investment conference ...

Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... that it is an imperative for the industry to demonstrate to the public, the government and the media that the Australian super system delivers the best value to members globally," Garcia said. He said while there is much to celebrate about the growth ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...

Australians are hardly retirement ready

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Australians on the verge of retirement are least likely to be retirement ready according to new analysis from Commonwealth Bank. Reviewing the data of more than 12 million Australian superannuation accounts as at 30 June 2014, CommBank and Rice Warner ...