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Perpetual successor fund transfer to go ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
After months of delay due to COVID-19, Perpetual MySuper accounts will be transferred to CareSuper on or around 30 October 2020. "We wrote to Perpetual MySuper members in March 2020 to advise of the transfer to CareSuper scheduled for 1 May 2020. Due ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... providing examples of Best Interest Duty in life insurance. The report said ASIC included in RG 175 examples of the application of the BID in various circumstances, but there are no "useful examples" for life insurance. The report said the Taskforce ...

817 super complaints during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has revealed the breakdown of what was complained about between 3 March 2020 and 31 August 2020. Superannuation complaints were dwarfed by other industries with just 817 of the 7420 total. Travel insurance ...

Government increases fees for foreign investment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Treasury has announced another tranche of reforms to the Foreign Investment Review (FIRB) Framework. The latest reforms amend the fee framework, increasing fees for foreign investment applications for commercial businesses, agricultural land and residential ...

Amnesty unearths $588m unpaid super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... 393,000 workers will benefit from the initiative. Using the ATO's data, some 17,000 (55%) of businesses lodged their application for the SG Amnesty in the final week before the deadline. About 7000 were received on the last day. Hume said: "The Superannuation ...

ERS tab hits $33.3bn

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
The government's early release of superannuation scheme has paid out $33.3 billion since its inception, with an additional $340 million disbursed over the week to September 13 alone. During the week to September 13, super funds received 42,199 applications ...

SMSF claim over Dreamworld deaths hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... an intercompany guarantee, insurance documents and insurance related correspondence. However, a judge dismissed the application after finding that Ingram and Tulloch did not have a proper reason to inspect the documents. The judge noted that Ardent Leisure's ...

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The $4 billion industry super fund has welcomed a new executive manager of member experience formerly of Cbus. It comes as the fund prepares to also increase insurance premiums for its almost 40,000-strong membership. Carrie Norman has joined legalsuper ...

ERS applications flat line

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
There appears to be an end in sight for the withdrawal of Australian's retirement savings, with the latest APRA figures showing the amount of applications has flat lined at around three million. Over the week to September 6, only 49,000 applications ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The next wave of fund managers is ready to leave their textbooks behind and start investing with real money. And star stockpickers of today are offering their help to an interuniversity group. Traditionally, students undertaking a commerce or business ...