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Super fund adviser numbers swell

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
Superannuation funds have added about 250 directly employed advisers in the three years to March, with State Super in the lead, according to Rainmaker Research. The super industry now directly employs 969 registered advisers, up from 713 advisers at ...

WA Super awards $20mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
Western Australia's only not-for-profit public offer superannuation fund will pour millions of member savings into local investment opportunities designed to make positive social and environmental impacts on the state. WA Super has partnered with ...

SMSFs can meet aspirational lifestyle: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... of Australian's to manage their own retirement savings. "This demonstrates that people who take control of their superannuation with an SMSF are well placed to enjoy a higher standard of living in retirement," McBirnie said. McBirnie also said Accurium ...

Industry fund hires from Colonial First State

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... education and community organisations, working with around 12,000 employers and managing around $11 billion in superannuation savings.

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
A physical space has been created for superannuation education by a $9.7 billion industry fund. Statewide Super has created the SuperHub, a centre dedicated to superannuation education and open to everyone - not just Statewide members. The centre opened ...

Cbus veteran moves to APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A superannuation industry veteran with over 20 years of experience working at Cbus has jumped to the regulator. Angela Thurstans was head of governance (company secretary) and compliance at Cbus and is now risk specialist, governance at the Australian ...

AustralianSuper checks out robo advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... advisers, which have nothing to do with AustralianSuper and that's where we are seeing people getting advice from." Superannuation funds directly employed 969 advisers at the end of March, up from 713 three years ago, according to Rainmaker analysis ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... issues would need to be addressed, including introducing some income requirements at retirement and increasing the Superannuation Guarantee from 9.5% to 12% as currently legislated. The report's author, Mercer's David Knox, noted the flexibility afforded ...

Colonial First State hit with second class action in less than a week

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Slater and Gordon has filed a second class action against Colonial First State for allegedly charging excessive superannuation fees to fund outgoing commissions paid to financial advisers. The class action is on behalf over 500,000 Australians and is ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A joint venture between two superannuation funds with a combined $26 billion and 150,000 members has today taken off, with the chief executive hinting more funds could become involved. Equipsuper and Catholic Super's joint venture is officially ...