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NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... funds during 2018, while profit-to-member funds received record inflows. It wasn't just members who made the switch, employers did too. "Outraged at some of the behaviour and practices uncovered by the Royal Commission they decided to change their employees' ...

Equipsuper boosts digital and member experience teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... its capacity to invest in high-calibre people and technology to deliver better products and services for members and employers, he said.

Industry fund welcomes new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... industry funds. We not only want to be the preferred super choice for Australian workers, but the trusted choice for their employers as well," Di Leo said.

Pay super fortnightly: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... chief Bernie Dean said workers were effectively subsidising businesses at the expense of their retirement savings. "Some employers will go on using the payment hiatus for business cash flow," he said. "It's not fair, and the rules must change. "Every ...

Industry funds wary of stapling default members

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... trustees if they breach their obligations (recommendation 3.7) and prohibiting superannuation funds from "treating" employers to win their default super contracts (recommendation 3.6). "The legislation will also see directors of superannuation funds ...

Former super fund executive joins fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... financial literacy can benefit hugely from our Financial Wellbeing program," she said. "Those benefits flow through to employers, with research showing financially fit staff are healthier, happier and more productive." More than 100 modules make up the ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... recommendations made in the Royal Commission's final report. Superannuation fund trustees are set to be banned from treating employers in efforts to be selected as their default superannuation fund; with the Government acting on Commissioner Hayne's ...

QSuper hires head of employers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
QSuper has appointed a head of employers and business development to manage the superannuation fund's employer relationships. Erick Cordero moved into the role on February 4. He reports to QSuper's chief of member experience Jason Murray. In ...

Hayne targets superannuation employer connections

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Commissioner Kenneth Hayne took a hard-line against hawking superannuation products and the practices of "treating" employers in his final Royal Commission report. Hayne wants the hawking or unsolicited offer of superannuation products to be prohibited ...

OPINION: Post RC, where to now for retail super?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... blow. So too will the proposed limitations on using MySuper account balances to pay for advice and 'treating' employers. As a result of the RC's recommendations many retail groups and industry funds without a life beyond their award deal ...