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Retail super fund to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... Pension Fund, Beyond Super, Defence Bank Super and Pension Fund, Greater Rollover and Pension Fund, Hunter United Super Choice and Pension Fund, and Qudos Super and Pension Fund. Equity Trustees Superannuation has decided to wind up CUBS Superannuation ...

Pandemic sees boom in voluntary super contributions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
Despite the financial hardships many have endured because of global lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, AMP has noted its super members have made more voluntary contributions than usual during the period. AMP reported that analysis of its approximately ...

Future Super hires operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... financial officer at Australian Ethical. Future Super recently acquired Aon's superannuation business, smartMonday, a choice product that failed APRA's inaugural choice heatmap assessment. smartMonday DIRECT and smartMonday PRIME scored several amber ...

Morningstar to buy Praemium for $65m

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... are no exception, and Praemium's digital-first capabilities will allow us to reduce friction, lower costs, provide more choice, and improve efficiency for advisers. This gives advisers time back to deliver better advice, empowering investor success." ...

Charter Hall acquires 50% of Paradice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... Hall said it considers Paradice's business model scalable and that it will expand Charter Hall's investible universe and choice of investments that can be offered to clients.

Industry responds to heatmap findings

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... though there's still doubts as to the accuracy of the regulator's process. The release of the APRA heatmaps for MySuper and Choice investment products yesterday has underscored the importance of ensuring consumers can access affordable financial advice ...

MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Accumulate Plus Balanced, EISS Super's MySuper option, LUCRF Super's MySuper Balanced, Maritime Super MySuper, ANZ Smart Choice Super, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's LifetimeOne and the Incitec Pivot Employees Superannuation ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Several superannuation funds that flunked the inaugural Your Future, Your Super test, are also failing Choice members, the latest APRA heatmaps reveal. The prudential regulator slapped retail and industry superannuation funds alike with the lowest grade ...

Prime Minister announces reverse mortgage scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... better quality of life in their retirement and using that equity in their own home to be able to achieve. Now, it's a choice. It's an option for them and it's there to give people that opportunity." The new scheme will be a re-naming of the ...

CFS extends SimCorp partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... opportunity to halve the time it takes to invest our customers' funds. When a customer wants to change their investment choice, we will make the change more efficiently, ensuring there is no time when clients' funds are out of the market," Morgan said. ...