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SuperFriend launches mental illness framework

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... representatives of the group life insurance and superannuation industry" in addition to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal and National Mental Health Commission. It was developed in response to 2014 SuperFriend research, which showed that mental ...

First State Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... First State Super chairman, Neil Cochrane, said Furlan was previously the chairperson of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal - a role she held for over seven years between 2007 and 2015. "Prior to being chair she was the deputy chairperson. Jocelyn ...

New Super Complaints Tribunal chair named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... government has appointed former QSuper senior executive Helen Davis as the full-time chair of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal for a five-year period. The Tribunal provides an informal alternative to the courts for the resolution of certain superannuation-related ...

Baby boomers in the dark on super: SCT

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
According to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal there are basically two types of unhappy baby boomers. The first are the ones that are incredibly aware of super. However, the other and bigger group know absolutely nothing about it, according to ...

Tribunal sees rise in super admin complaints

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Administration concerns were largest category of written complaints to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) for the June 2014 quarter. Of the complaints received 38.6% related to administration with death benefit complaints making up the second-largest ...

Beware engaged baby boomers, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
Increased member engagement could lead to a spike in complaints, according to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) chairperson Jocelyn Furlan. Furlan said this was a particular danger among the baby boomer generation, who have proved some of ...

Death and TPD dominate Super Complaints Tribunal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
More than half of all complaints made to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in the December quarter related to death and disability insurance claims. Death benefit disputes made up 32.2% of complaints, while disability related disputes, including ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a place to go when super funds make ...

Make sure the right people inherit your super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
With death benefit disputes accounting for the lion's-share of complaints received by the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, Topdocs has now incorporated a death benefit guardian provision in its SMSF trust deeds. The specialist self-managed superannuation ...

Women in Super scholarship winner announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... Fiona Reynolds from Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Jocelyn Furlan of Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) and Maria Wilton of Franklin Templeton & AGEST Super, Powell will attend the AIST Global Dialogue in May held in the ...