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CommInsure loses $4.5bn fund partner

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
CommInsure has lost another insurance contract, this time with a $4.5 billion industry superannuation fund. Following a competitive tender, transport and logistics industry fund TWUSUPER ended its partnership with CommInsure and selected TAL as its ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... and liquidity cost. But infrastructure gets built and it improves productivity, generating economic returns for super members. Both Garnaut and Richardson said this means infrastructure will look better than other asset classes in the near future. However ...

IOOF launches new adviser portal

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... believers in the premise that providing better tools for advisers to provide financial advice to our IOOF Employer Super members results in better long term outcomes," head of product at IOOF Chris Weldon said. "We've already had very positive feedback ...

Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... pensions are counted in the $1.6 million cap. The previous proposed limit was six months, meaning the alteration allows super members further time to adjust their affairs. Townsends Business and Corporate Lawyers special counsel superannuation, Michael ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Industry Super Australia wants a "better off test" requiring banks and other financial services providers to demonstrate that switching a member's superannuation will be beneficial. Additionally the representative group is calling for banks to ban all ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... streams." The AFA would welcome policies that could lower the cost for financial advisers to provide advice. Fox said super members would also be better served through clearer reporting from superannuation trustees. "Many of our members report that the ...

Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... understand but we don't make it easy at the moment." Choice's research heavily focuses on the experiences of younger super members - including younger workers and also younger mothers who take a career break. "One of the reasons for focusing on those ...

Super funds extend support to local communities

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... seekers. Energy Super has appointed experienced financial adviser Shiona Hargen who will provide services to Energy Super members, ESI Financial Services client and ECU members in Townsville, north and far north Queensland. Hargen has been a resident ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... aircraft engineer or mechanic, there are not a lot of [aviation] employers in Australia," Clancy says. "Many Qantas Super members are still in the defined benefit scheme so what we have is a membership where many people will have healthy superannuation ...

Super funds struggling as member engagement decreases

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... members engaged, according to CoreData research. The CoreData 2016 Member Engagement Report found that 51.4% of super members surveyed were engaged with their retirement savings vehicle, down from 56.2% in 2015. The proportion of "highly disengaged" ...