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FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... to check what life insurance cover they have - be aware of what you have and what you're paying for. Give your superannuation trustee or life insurance company a call today so you and your family are secure no matter what happens."

SMSFA, FSC call for infrastructure investment access

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... investments as a way of generating economic growth. The two organisations, which represent more than $1.7 trillion of the superannuation pool, have joined forces to present this policy to the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board and National Cabinet. ...

Aussie investors unhappy with pandemic performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... combined assets of approximately US$11 trillion. There were more than 30 responses from Australian investors from superannuation funds as well as some insurance companies and endowment trusts. Performance is optimistic on a global level with 82% of global ...

Corporate super plan appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
A corporate superannuation plan has appointed a new chair from Frontier Advisors, as the incumbent retires after 16 years. Gabriel Szondy will chair the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, which manages retirement savings for the employees of Alcoa ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Australia's largest superannuation fund has partnered with the country's major greenhouse gas emitters in a new initiative which will see them work towards a decarbonised future. AustralianSuper, joined by NAB and Schneider Electric, has partnered ...

Hume calls out ERS fake news

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... release of super has irritated her. Hume said consumers would not lose life insurance policies held through their superannuation if their balances dipped below $6000, they'd only lose the insurance if their balance dipped so low that they couldn't pay ...

Repeat ERS applications hit one million

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... 2.9 million and repeat applications to one million since the inception of the scheme. Over the week to July 19, superannuation funds made payments to 349,000 members, bringing the total number of payments by funds to their members to approximately 3.6 ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... Warner, which says the report will be over 600 pages, thinks it will comment on the adequacy of the current rate of superannuation contributions, home ownership via superannuation, age pension eligibility criteria, allocation to longevity products, spending ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Four US pension funds have partnered to form the Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA), in a bid to increase and encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' ...

Super to lose $3tn by 2040

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Australia's superannuation industry will have foregone $3 trillion in growth by 2040 as a result of COVID-19, according to new analysis. The super industry was projected to hit $10 trillion over the next two decades, but Rainmaker Information has ...