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Advice disciplinary body delayed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... for the long-awaited disciplinary body that is purported to professionalise the industry. Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume flagged the single disciplinary body will not see its slated ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
A Liberal senator launched an attack against the superannuation industry, accusing the federal opposition of being communists and bowing to industry funds. A war of words broke out in the upper house yesterday when Liberals, who have been working for ...

APRA expands super data collection

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... released the final consultation package for Phase 1 of its project to expand the breadth, depth and consistency of its superannuation data collection. Launched last November, APRA's multi-year Superannuation Data Transformation aimed to improve member ...

Female access to ERS to widen gender super gap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
The Early Release of Superannuation (ERS) scheme is expected to impact female workers and widen the gender superannuation gap according to The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Women in Super. New data shown at the annual Women's ...

Industry fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
A $5.2 billion profit-to-member superannuation fund has appointed a new director to its board. Allison Harker joins the board of Prime Super as a director, bringing with her financial services, human resources and primary industries expertise. Her early ...

APRA issues new licence conditions on NULIS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... were not provided may not have been in members' best interests. APRA did not conclude that NULIS breached the Superannuation Industry Act 1993 but the regulator said its investigation did raise serious questions about the adequacy of NULIS' internal ...

QIC portfolio manager moves to Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... executive Jo Townsend said. Funds SA is a public sector fund that manages more than $30 billion for public sector superannuation schemes, insurers and endowment funds. Last year it hired Cameron Sinclair from Future Fund as the director of growth alternatives. ...

COVID-19 may delay retirement: WTW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... person's retirement by as much as eight years. WTW said a range of factors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic mean superannuation fund members may need to keep working anywhere between two and eight years longer before retiring. Head of retirement solutions ...

Link suffers in COVID environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... resources and time, in order to help our clients meet their legislative obligations." Revenue for the Retirement & Superannuation Solutions (RSS) business in FY20 was $519 million, down 6% on the prior corresponding period. However, when adjusted for ...

HESTA takes active approach to class actions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
HESTA has told the parliament it sees participation in class actions as a form of active ownership. The super fund said it participates in class actions to recover losses but also as a means of encouraging better standards of corporate governance and ...