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NFP funds dominate group insurance market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... lions' share of the group insurance market, new research reveals corporate fund members are more likely to take-up default insurance. After examining insurance options available via 220 products, Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking report reveals ...

ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... research acts on recommendation 3.5 of the Royal Commission's final report, which suggested Australians should retain one default super account, and the development of machinery to staple a person to a single default account. However, KPMG's report Stapling ...

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... their sector and would encourage more super funds to consider impactful investing." According to RateSetter, its loan default rate is currently 1.6%. The platform has a provision fund which offers assurance to investors that when loans default investors ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... making a conscious decision to stay with their current super fund instead of passively accepting their new employer's default option." He puts this shift in part down to the Royal Commission raising consciousness around super and marketing efforts by ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... the Asian currency crisis - followed by the collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and Russian debt default in the late 1990s when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 US recession ...

Putting Members' Interests First Bill reintroduced

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... those with balances below $6000 unless a member has directed the super fund to do so otherwise. "This will better target default insurance cover and prevent inappropriate erosion of retirement savings caused by insurance premiums," the explanatory memorandum ...

Hostplus enters merger talks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... allied sectors, would better serve our members and stakeholders both here in Queensland and nationally." Club Super's default option has returned 8.1% p.a. over three years to March 2019, which is slightly lower than the MySuper average of 8.4% ...

QSuper lowers balanced fund fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Members invested in QSuper's default balanced option will benefit from lower investment fees. In addition to the group insurance policy changes the $72 billion super fund introduced on July 1, investment fee changes have been rolled out. Investment ...

Industry funds consider $22bn merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... hand to be ready for today. We can't wait to welcome Tasplan members to the MetLife family." The mandate includes default death and TPD cover to all eligible members, with opt-in income protection cover for Basic members and as default for Basic ...

Sunsuper slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Sunsuper is slashing weekly fees for pension members from $3.00 to $1.50. It will also reduce investment fees for its default investment option from 0.80% to 0.73%. For the fund's 1.3 million Super-savings members, investment fees in the default ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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