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Industry fund ups fees ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
A $13 billion industry superannuation fund has increased its insurance fees ahead of merging later this year. MTAA Super wrote to members in a significant event notice to let them know that from 3 February 2020 insurance fees for death and total and ...

Sunsuper welcomes new board directors

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
A superannuation sector veteran has been appointed to the board of Sunsuper, helping lift female representation on the board to 40%. Cate Wood has joined the Sunsuper board, bringing with her more than 20 years in leadership roles in profit-for-member ...

Faith-based super fund increases fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The faith-based superannuation fund for Muslims has announced an increase to its administration fee. Crescent Wealth Superannuation Fund upped its administration fee from 0.69% per annum to 0.89% per annum. The changes come after the promoter of the ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... has met with industry to discuss proposed models for robo-advice covering risk profiling and investment advice, superannuation strategies, life insurance, self-managed super fund establishment and holistic advice. "Different types of digital advice models ...

IOOF identifies 67 high risk advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... answer questions previously taken on notice, as part of the parliament's review into the financial services and superannuation industry. The wealth manager also admitted to lagging behind when it comes to making remediation payments, saying until it ...

SMSFA slams limited licensing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... office. "Currently, only registered tax agents (typically accountants) are able to access its portal to get total superannuation balance and transfer balance cap information that is crucial for SMSF advice," Maroney added. "Ironically, these individuals ...

Industry funds dominate satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
A $10 billion superannuation fund has topped the ranks for member satisfaction as it readies for merger, joining seven other industry funds in the top 10. Tasplan achieved the highest satisfaction rating of any super fund in Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation ...

LGIAsuper offloads European assets

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
The European real estate manager for LGIAsuper has sold-off two of its property assets in Paris and Copenhagen, raking in a nice $36.5 million for the Queensland-based super fund. Europa Capital sold its Semaphore investment, an office building west ...

Who is really using the LISTO?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... "Although the low-income tax offset is a small amount, every little bit counts when it comes to increasing your superannuation balance. "Super is built on compounding interest, so the more you contribute at an early age, the more likely your balance ...

Platform ends year with hiring spree

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
An ASX-listed platform ended 2019 with a raft of new hires, including additions to the board of its superannuation offering. Xplore Wealth appointed Karen Machovsky as project governance and change management head and Durand Oliver as state distribution ...