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Super fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
Insurance premiums have risen by up to 21% for members of an industry superannuation fund. As of this month, First Super and its group insurer MetLife have bumped up the cost of death, TPD and voluntary income protection cover. According to the fund ...

Media Super winds up income investment option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2019
The $6.2 billion superannuation fund Media Super has issued a notice to members notifying them that its Income Plus investment option will close effective 5 February 2019. The fund said the ongoing low bond yield environment has put performance of its ...

Fee hike at government super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
A government superannuation fund has increased its admin fees for the first time in nine years. Super SA, which provides superannuation to 210,000 public sector employees in South Australia, has informed members of some schemes that their admin fees ...

Consumers trust super funds about as much as banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
New research from Qantas Super shows superannuation fund members place about as much trust in their fund to act in their best interests as they do the big banks. According to Qantas Super, 60% of Australians trust their super fund to act in their best ...

WA Super awards $20mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
Western Australia's only not-for-profit public offer superannuation fund will pour millions of member savings into local investment opportunities designed to make positive social and environmental impacts on the state. WA Super has partnered with ...

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
A physical space has been created for superannuation education by a $9.7 billion industry fund. Statewide Super has created the SuperHub, a centre dedicated to superannuation education and open to everyone - not just Statewide members. The centre opened ...

IFM pushes into large scale private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
IFM Investors has announced it will make a concerted push into larger scale private equity investments with the appointment of Jeremy Larkin to head the initiative. Larkin spent 25 years in corporate finance at Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan, also working ...

Women overlooked by retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
The retirement income review is facing calls for its terms of reference to be modified to explicitly focus on the retirement outcomes of women. Women in Super - the national advocacy group for women employed in superannuation and financial services ...

Chief investment officer leaves industry fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
The chief investment officer of a $4 billion industry superannuation fund has departed. legalsuper will next week begin the search for a new chief investment officer, after Edward Smith left the role in late September. legalsuper confirmed Smith's ...

AMP shamed by CHOICE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
CHOICE has awarded AMP a Shonky for its "grossly underperforming" superannuation division, highlighting the AMP Retirement Trust and Super Savings Trust products. The consumer advocacy group said 55.5% of AMP's superannuation customer base comes from ...