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Industry Fund Services enters strategic partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Industry Fund Services (IFS) is partnering with the tech build and design unit of Boston Consulting Group to develop financial education and wellbeing solutions for super fund members. IFS will work with BCG X to "explore how the sector could work together ...

Industry fund cuts insurance costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
An industry super fund has announced a reduction in weekly insurance premiums for death, terminal illness, TPD, and income protection cover. First Super reduced the weekly cost of its default insurance cover, prompted by fewer than expected claims in ...

Industry fund chief named Fund Executive of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
The chief executive of Australia's second largest industry superannuation fund has taken out the FEAL Fund Executive of the Year award. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) chief executive Bernard Reilly has received the accolade, recognised for his role ...

New product lead at Equip Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... strategic planning, and commercial management that is second to none gained through his career at Mercer, AMP, AXA, Industry Fund Services and KPMG. He joins from HUB24, where he served as general manager of product development for about 15 months. Angelucci ...

Equipsuper adds board director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
The $30 billion superannuation fund which covers workers from engineering, manufacturing, healthcare and teaching, has appointed Julian Widdup to the board as a new member director. Widdup replaces Jan Dekker, who joined the board in 2016. For over ...

Iress expands superannuation leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... superannuation. Since, Iress rolled out a new digital advice tool, securing initial agreements with Hostplus and Industry Fund Services. Iress currently has mandates with Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and ESSSuper.

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... 9.59% return for its balanced growth investment option. The balanced growth investment option, which most of the industry fund's one million members are invested in, was buoyed by strong equity market performance, bolstered by solid corporate profits ...

Cbus informs members of premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
... however most of the fund's older members will pay more. Premiums will rise from August 26, members were told, with the industry fund saying the increase for older members is driven by an uplift in the number of claims lodged by the cohort in recent years. ...

HESTA dumps Link as administrator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... year. However, HESTA has now notified Link it will not be renewing its contract again. Instead, the $72 billion industry fund has signed on with GROW Inc., which currently serves as administrator to its Mercy Super division following the two funds' merger ...

Adviser levy tripled, labelled "deeply unfair"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
The estimated ASIC levy for this financial year will see financial advisers slugged $3217, as the levy freeze comes to an end. Under the estimated levies released yesterday, the levy to be paid per adviser has almost tripled from the $1142 that it was ...