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Unsatisfied HESTA members head for exit

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... get HESTA to divest did not have the impact they'd hoped for, one Healthy Futures member suggested the group should switch funds. She said the Healthy Futures members who have already left HESTA have mainly joined Future Super. Healthy Futures now ...

Corrupt adviser banned, AFSL canned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... out of Brisbane and Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. The ASIC review found the Smart Solutions director recommended clients switch out of their existing superannuation and insurance products into higher fee paying products. It also found he had used a "layered ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... much higher casualty rates, a more defensive approach might be necessary. "However, the cost and effort of making such a switch means you do not do it lightly." He argued that a multi-asset approach would mitigate the long term risks of the new coronavirus. ...

Spaceship goes on executive hiring spree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... while former Westpac head of digital sales transformation Andrew Malak has joined as chief product officer. Also making the switch is Olly Emery, head of brand experience at online fashion retailer The Iconic, who joins the firm as chief marketing officer. ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... established," it said. "However, it may be that greater demand could emerge in times of uncertainty, and if it was easy to switch from commercial bank deposits it is possible that a CBDC could facilitate bank runs at such times." The Bank warned that ...

Consumer data right for open banking delayed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... competition and allows consumers to find products that are better suited to their needs and wants, and gives them more freedom to switch between providers. The banking sector will be the first to see the effects of CDR, but it will lately be rolled out ...

What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
The past year has served as the beginning of the superannuation industry's transformation. Yes, recent years have seen nothing but reform after reform, but 2019 has been something different entirely. The Productivity Commission and Royal Commission ...

AMP to cut contribution fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... remaining grandfathered commission clients to contemporary fee arrangements and have informed advisers of the decision to switch off contribution fees."

Industry fund operations lead resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
The executive manager of operations at a $17 billion industry superannuation fund resigned recently, with a replacement yet to be appointed. Rachel Reynolds has exited CareSuper after just under five years. Confirming the departure, CareSuper chief ...

Super fund PDSs to include single cost of product figure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
ASIC has updated its guidance to superannuation funds and issuers of managed investment products on fees and cost disclosure, with a suite of new requirements set to apply from late-2020. The corporate regulator released an updated version of Regulatory ...