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Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... them and it wouldn't be worth the money. For all the good work that's been done to encourage consolidation and find lost super, before any of those messages can make sense to people, we've got some basic problems to address." Of surprise to Kirkland ...

Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Despite engagement campaigns by numerous super funds helping members unearth lost super, $13.5 billion across 1.289 million accounts still remains in limbo, according to figures released by Westpac. In its 2016 Westpac Lost Super Report, the bank said ...

New standards for member engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... advice from Decimal sets a new benchmark for core super account services," Webster said. He added the success of the lost super and super rollover campaigns over the past two years has led funds to develop a "grow your super" approach to individual member ...

Vision Super calling all low balance members

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... superannuation guarantee payments moved. "We will also offer free super searches, where we will go out and look for any other lost super accounts, and bring it altogether," Rowe said. "Funds need to be proactive and assist members to consolidate their ...

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... months' worth of super for someone on average weekly earnings. Rainmaker Information suggests that $2.75 billion in lost super equates to 3.4% of Australia's total employer contributions collected by APRA-regulated funds. "It is really important that ...

CBA dangles carrot to roll customers into Essential Super

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is incentivising its banking customers to roll their lost super accounts into its Essential Super product by offering them the chance to win one of 10 $500 vouchers for Coles and Myer. The bank is writing to customers to let ...

FSC denounces lost super threshold rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has denounced the government's plan to raise the threshold at which inactive superannuation account balances can be transferred to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Currently, inactive account balances of under ...

Pro bono advice on rise amid regulatory change

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... O'Leary deals with a maximum of two pro bono cases per month. "These are time consuming cases because you are often after lost super or life insurance. We deal with people who are terminally ill, so we have to deal with it as we can," he said. O'Leary ...

Workers should track down super when changing jobs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... contributions from the new employer go to the existing fund, people could end up with two funds." A recent Westpac Lost Super Report showed that there is $18.1 billion in forgotten super funds. "Often super funds offer a free service to members to help ...

Australians missing $18 billion in lost super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Australians' are losing out on $18.1 billion worth of super, according to Westpac's Lost Super Report which was released this morning. The report, which was launched at the 'Lost Super Wheel' at Customs house in Sydney's CBD, also showed that almost ...