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APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... performance by intensifying pressure on trustees to cease offering high-fee, poor performing products, and scrutinising Choice products. It aims to do this with the Your Future, Your Super performance test and continuing to publish its MySuper and Choice ...

Initial review of RIC strategies underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... be allowed to accept any new members until their underperformance is addressed. And while the expansion of the test to Choice products has been put on hold, APRA will release its second Choice heatmap this year, with Cole saying that about half of the ...

Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... savings and opening up huge amounts of value to people. Melbourne's rapidly growing fintech ecosystem makes it the natural choice for Smart, and we are extremely grateful to the State of Victoria for their support." The announcement follows last week's ...

HESTA, Mercy Super look to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... HESTA said the merger is part of a chapter of growth for the fund, intended to "continue to position HESTA as the fund of choice for those wanting their super to have impact". "I'd like to acknowledge the excellent service Mercy Super provides its members ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... recently released policy manifesto titled The basis of a fair society is a strong economy, once again calling for superannuation to be voluntary for those on low incomes. "Superannuation is a significant failure of Australian economic policy," Bragg ...

Millennial super fund fails to GROW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... account transferred to Smartsave, another sub-plan within OneSuper, or move to another super fund entirely. If they make no choice, their savings will be transferred to the ATO around May 27, Diversa said. In its short five years, GROW Super saw backing ...

ASIC suspends Dixon Advisory AFSL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... to the administrators, most Dixon Advisory clients have transitioned to alternate financial services providers of their choice. The terms of the AFSL suspension allow Dixon Advisory's licence to continue to operate until 9 May 2022 so that existing clients ...

Thirty-eight super funds face sustainability issues: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... of 78 funds declining on all metrics measured. APRA looked at the three sustainability metrics in the 2021 MySuper and Choice heatmaps; member accounts, cash flows and rollovers. The regulator found administration and operating expenses for super funds ...

More Diversa super products to wind up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... week to notify the fund of what to do with their savings. Their options were to transfer to another super fund of their choice or rollover into another Diversa sub-plan YourChoice Super. Those members that didn't decide will have their retirement ...

Foundation rolls out financial literacy program for students

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... digitalisation of money, and payment options. Older students will learn about navigating the workplace, earning, tax, superannuation and building towards financial independence. The program is provided at no cost to schools or parents or carers. Ecstra ...