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Life insurance claims revamped at industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... Amalie White said the company paid out more than $300 million in insurance claims each year ensuring thousands of Australians were supported when they needed it most - but the insurance claims process could sometimes be onerous. "The aim is to make what ...

Retail super members gouged by $7.1bn: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... funds and "their vertically-integrated business model, which is eating into the retirement savings of millions of Australians." "This is the key issue which the parliament should be debating. Instead, the bill currently before the parliament seeks to ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Brisbane today, Morrison said the commitment provides protection for Australians who don't engage with their super as well as providing a sound investment option for those that do. "Becoming a self-funded ...

Sunsuper hires AustralianSuper portfolio construction manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
Sunsuper has appointed a new senior member to its investment team from AustralianSuper. Chris Tse joins in the role of investment manager, portfolio construction and will be based in the company's Sydney office. He comes to the superannuation and retirement ...

Super fund tech investment to increase 20%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... investment in technology to deliver results. Survey results were drawn from funds representing more than 3.5 million Australians and over $97 billion in super assets.

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... country - downing of a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. No Virginia, Gov Glenn was speaking to us, Australians all, with regards to our expectations that the RBA would play Kris Kringle and hand us another interest rate cut when it meets ...

AustralianSuper chief calls for man on the moon moment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... is much work to do in achieving a grand ambition and if super funds already thought they had achieved in delivering Australians an adequate retirement income he would "like to challenge that thinking." The chief of Australia's largest superannuation ...

MLC Direct appoints general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... wealth advice Greg Miller. "Vanessa will provide strong leadership as we continue to grow our business and help more Australians secure their financial future." Commenting on her appointment, Rowe added, "I strongly believe in the difference that advice ...

New super transparency rules spark controversy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... Tanzer said. However, the new requirements were questioned by Industry Super Australia chief executive David Whiteley: "Australians will remain none the wiser about underlying costs charged by superannuation investment platforms run by banks and insurers ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Many pension funds and insurance companies around the world are staring insolvency in the face unless they adopt measures that address an imbalance between assets and liabilities. This is the view of OECD director financial and enterprise affairs, and ...