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FSS increases insurance premiums

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
First State Super has announced a significant increase in premiums in response to rising concerns that fundamentals in the insurance sector are experiencing a major correction. The price increase to the fund's primary insurance category, the white collar ...

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... Deluxe Choice product, and IOOF Portfolio Service Corporate Super was named best Workplace Premium product. First State Super was named best Personal Value Choice product, PLUM Personal Super was named best Personal Deluxe Choice product, and AMP Flexible ...

Cochrane picks up FSS board role

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
Former REST Superannuation chief executive Neil Cochrane is set to become chairman of the First State Super (FSS) Trustee Corporation (FTC) board, after the departure of Thomas Parry in 2014. Parry, who has provided 14 years of service to the FTC will ...

Fund members still resisting super engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... five funds for member satisfaction according to Roy Morgan's survey were HESTA with a score of 55%, Cbus and First State Super with scores of 52%, AustralianSuper with a score of 49% and funds offered through Westpac/BTFG that scored 48%. Nevertheless ...

NSW govt to reconsider Pillar privatisation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... Baird said. Baird was eager to stress that a sale would not affect current clients - the biggest of which are First State Super and State Super - or employees of Pillar. He also stressed that no final decision had been reached. A steering committee will ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... unpaid super from employers," he said. Meanwhile, UniSuper has done the best job of keeping members informed, while State Super was rated highest for customer service and value for money. The report also corroborated the likelihood that MySuper will ...

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... the 2011 ranking to 29, while the other Australian funds in the top 300 are AustralianSuper (54), QSuper (80), First State Super (94), State Super NSW (96), UniSuper (104), Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) (126), REST (142), HESTA (160) ...

J.P. Morgan launches APRA reporting service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... Morgan, and including Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia and First State Super product manager Marcus Bohman, the consensus was that the standards would be a positive thing in the long term. Garcia called ...

Former First State Super director joins ACCC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Former First State Super director Cristina Cifuentes has been appointed a commissioner at the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). Cifuentes started in her new role in May 2013 and has been appointed for a five year term. She is responsible ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... management dilute this flexibility. Large super fund mergers, such as the recent multi-billion dollar tie-up between First State Super and Health Super and Care Super's takeover of Asset Super, may restrict members in the new mega funds from accessing ...