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BTFG restructure sees corporate super lead exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... Financial Group for more than 10 years, having joined in 2008 as head of practice management. Prior to leading the workplace super team, Englund was managing director of Securitor for about five years. The spokesperson said Englund plans to spend more ...

Most clients coping with financial stress: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... workers with salaries well over $150,000 could feel the pinch, with 11% reporting financial stress. Director of workplace super Ilaine Anderson said reducing the stigma around financial stress is also important, as many of those surveyed in AMP's ...

Millions of Australian's suffering from financial stress: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... claims that as a result, Australian businesses lose about $31 billion a year in revenue. The firm's director of workplace super Ilaine Anderson said the early months of the year see many Aussie workers under financial pressure. "As the holiday season ...

ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... superannuation team in its pursuit of addressing the growing importance of retirement issues. In September last year Workplace Super Specialists Australia called for employer funds to be included in a best-in show list of recommended default funds proposed ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... assumption that no further problems are identified. However, Wilkins admitted that AMP is currently "urgently sampling" workplace super members prompted by eight breaches identified by the company in October. Senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge asked ...

Super ESG options can outperform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... more than 14% for one year to September 2018 with a total average of 10.4% for all ethical investment options in workplace super. This above average performance definitely busts the myth that ethical investments need longer time frames to generate strong ...

Best-in-show super fund list should be 11: WSSA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
Workplace Super Specialists Australia is calling for employer funds to be included in the Productivity Commission's proposed best-in-show list of recommended default superannuation funds. WSSA chief executive Douglas Latto said if the Productivity Commission's ...

BT launches new corporate super solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... member needs at a time when member choice and access to contemporary quality products are top of mind," BT head of workplace super Matthew Englund said. Developed on the back of employer and employee feedback, BT Super also offers access to Westpac Live ...

Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... investment of $100,000 in the average SMSF would have grown to $160,000, while the same amount invested in the average workplace super default investment option would have grown to $163,000. The SuperGuard 360 indices are owned by Rainmaker Information ...

Retail MySuper outpacing NFP products

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... the SG360 default index of 9.7% per annum versus 7.6% per annum. Returns of the past five years have benefited workplace super funds more than the average SMSF member. This is due to the continuing bull run in equities - both Australian and international ...