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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 ...

Paraplanners tackle compliance challenges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... product, such as broader investment options." These insights from ASIC explain the kind of justification that is required to switch products in a compliant manner, Docker said. ASIC is wary of product switching with flimsy reasoning behind it, she said. ...

Retail fund swaps out K2

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... option, the trustee determined that it was in the best interest of the members to terminate the investment option, and switch members into Schroder Australian Equity investment option," AMP told members in an October update. The K2 fund's assets ...

Financial planning pioneer to speak at FPA Congress

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... Power in Queensland which taught high schoolers important life skills such as how to manage conflict in relationships. The switch to finance came after a speaking event where he addressed about 700 people and the next day received a letter from a mutual ...

Media Super winds up income investment option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
... has advised members that the Stable option has a similar risk/return profile to that of Income Plus. If members do not switch their Income Plus balance to a different option by the end of January next year they will be defaulted into the balanced MySuper ...

Nuveen switches up executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
Nuveen has appointed a new chief executive from inside the company as it switches up its executive team, and has announced a permanent head of real estate for the Asia Pacific region. Current president Jose Minaya will move into the role of chief executive ...

Defined contribution: A global perspective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... are the key problems that we're facing, along with the fact that people can take their money out of their plans as they switch jobs." Lucas said leakage was an issue in the US - with people withdrawing or taking loans from their retirement savings - ...