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Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... whole-of-fund approach. Essentially, recruiting is influenced by internalisation, how far funds are down that path and whether they have met their targets. Accordingly, many super funds are hiring specialists from asset managers as they bring assets ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... reviewed, three million accounts had death and TPD cover and 800,000 had income protection cover. Primarily, ASIC looked at whether members were receiving better value from their insurance, whether claims handling had improved, and whether better decisions ...

Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... it's about caring and taking that next step to be better and influence. The most important thing to do is make a start, whether that's upskilling or acting." Colvin agreed if super funds make smarter investment decisions, the benefits could be huge. ...

The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... start a family on their own will also face costs that can vary substantially, depending upon access to donor sperm and whether they undergo certain treatments such as intrauterine insemination or IVF." They say it takes a village to raise a child and ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... understand the multiple layers that go into the fight against climate change She said funds might have the intent, but whether they have the tools is another matter. "If you think about the complexity of any one fund, assets under management, and the ...

Super a big national advantage: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... of the "big national advantages" the country has while it grapples with uncertainties in the near future. Chalmers said whether that's the energy transition, the shift to services, care economy, or how to harness technology, super obviously has an ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... just kept going. It ultimately lasted about a decade and more than a thousand thrifts went under." "We don't know yet whether the consequences of easy money and regulatory changes will cascade throughout the U.S. regional banking sector (akin to ...

ASIC bans Queensland adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... their superannuation. He didn't provide a reasonable assessment of the client's existing insurance or consider whether there would be insurance consequences for rolling over the client's super which may have resulted in them being uninsured ...

First Super awards ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... of controversies in Australia over the last decade," First Super chief executive Bill Watson told FS Sustainability. "Whether it's Dominos and underpayment of workers, 7-11, Qantas contracting out pretty much all of its services, the big retailers ...

ASIC issues more interim stop orders

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... long periods for distributors to report complaints and specified inadequate and poorly defined triggers for reviewing whether the TMD remains appropriate. "Further, ASIC was concerned that the PDS was defective because it omitted important information ...