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MySuper products show resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... recovering 70% of losses, new Rainmaker analysis shows. Last month generated a positive performance of about 1.7% for superannuation fund members invested in the default option, according to the research firm's MySuper single strategy index. The ...

Super funds to face parliamentary grilling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... have accessed their super to support themselves during this difficult time," Wilson said. "It is crucial that the superannuation sector is operating effectively, fairly and to the benefit of fund members." The committee's examination of the groups will ...

Former QSuper chief joins NZ Super Fund board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The former QSuper chief and the current chair of Commonwealth Bank's staff superannuation fund has been appointed to the board of the $44 billion NZ Super Fund for a five-year term. Rosemary Vilgan will join the board of guardians for NZ Superannuation ...

New research head at Centrepoint Alliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... management division. Stojanovski moves into the role after Miriam Herold left in mid-May to head investments in AMP's superannuation trustee office. Centrepoint added net 17 advisers last financial year, taking its total to 317 licensed advisers. It ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Total assets held by Australia's super funds rose almost 20% in 2019, with 16 now sitting within the top 300 pension funds worldwide, new analysis shows. In stark contrast to this year, Aussie super funds enjoyed an extremely positive 2019, according ...

Milestone Group appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... for the benefit of our clients and their investors." Azer's extensive experience in investment consulting, superannuation, fund management and investment operations made her an asset to the team, he said. "Globally, we are focused on being a specialist ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... already essentially admitted that the client meets the threshold of total and permanent disability by opening up her superannuation account to her under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act provisions for permanent incapacity. Johns said he ...

Funds services firm expands offerings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... investment into Australian real assets by both local and international fund managers, institutional investors and superannuation and pension funds in the years ahead," Cannane said. Intertrust's existing offerings in Australia include accounting ...

Demand for advice rises

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... offered by their main super fund. Among those who don't, 37% intend to take up this service, particularly young superannuation fund members, Choi said. About 77% of members under 35 years old, based on a population of 4501 survey participants, would ...

Majority of ERS applications double dippers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... fewer people experiencing sudden financial hardship since the initial hit of COVID-19. Over the week to August 30, superannuation funds made payments to 51,000 members, bringing the total number to 4.2 million since April when the scheme began. The total ...