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New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The same underperforming and costly MySuper products APRA named and shamed last year have failed members again in the latest iteration of the heatmaps. APRA is taking action on 10 MySuper products overseen by eight trustees. It will issue notices for ...

ME Bank acting chief made permanent

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... e-business, executive manager group strategy, head of strategy and performance management and chief financial officer of Suncorp Life. Commenting on the appointment, ME Bank chair James Evans said Crane has proven himself since taking over as acting ...

Retail default fund tops performance table

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... returns out of the pool of -8.7% p.a. and -5.9% p.a. respectively. For Australian equity options for the three-year period, Suncorp Brighter Super's Hyperion Australian Growth Companies was at the top (16.3% p.a.). For global equities, Colonial First ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... funds. "I think it is serving that purpose in regards to fees and the outcomes of that are certainly beneficial," he said. Suncorp told Leigh that while it was making efficiencies, it will not reduce its profits as a result of copping a red rating on ...

QSuper head of advice exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... product and service strategy. Hughes has also worked in senior roles at Energy Super, Queensland Treasury Corporation and Suncorp. Hughes said: "It has been an honour to work in an organisation where members are truly at the heart of every decision and ...

Super funds slapped over smoker premiums

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
AMP, Colonial First State, Equity Trustees, IOOF, Intrust, Netwealth and Suncorp have been caught out by the corporate watchdog for wrongfully assigning 'smoker' statuses to new members, with only four of the aforementioned businesses set to ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... restrictive definitions. Super Consumers Australia referred to this as discrimination against those working limited hours. Suncorp's insurance in its MySuper product was highlighted as one of the most restrictive, requiring a person to be employed for ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... a public statement in regards to the plan. APRA is also considering the issue of Suncorp paying tax surpluses to Suncorp Life, rather than forwarding the money on to members.

Why banks are lifting TD rates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... the official cash rate." Since the announcement, 25 other banks have followed suit, including Westpac, NAB, St George, Suncorp, Bank of Melbourne, Bank of Queensland, HSBC and Macquarie Bank. Westpac acting chief executive Peter King said the bank was ...

TAL reviews life distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... and would not comment on whether the distribution team was the only team that saw cuts. TAL acquired Asteron Life from Suncorp in early 2019 at which time cuts were also made to the team.