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Former adviser steals $5m from clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... between 20 August 2009 and 30 July 2016, Gibbs stole $4.88 million of his clients' money, largely from self-managed superannuation funds he could access via their bank accounts. It is also alleged that between 25 June 2012 and 30 July 2016, Gibbs created ...

Industry fund sees boost in additional contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
... a $9.6 billion industry fund has seen a rise in the number of members making additional contributions to their superannuation. The 'Save more later' initiative from Vision Super is based on the concept of 'hyperbolic discounting' which ...

Superannuation smashes gender diversity goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
The superannuation fund industry has smashed industry targets of female representation on boards, latest APRA figures show. The number of women represented on boards has increased 9.2% over the last four years, according to APRA's annual super bulletin. ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... chair of its investment committee and audit, compliance and risk committee. AvSuper was set up in 1990 to manage superannuation investments for the employees and former employees of Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). ...

Challenger boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... this role was created now is that Ardea has grown to now manage over $10.5 billion in FUM for clients within the superannuation, insurance and government sectors, and further growth is anticipated over the coming 12 months," Clout said. "The COO will ...

Former TAL chief appointed at Swiss Re

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... Dennis for his valuable contribution to Swiss Re over the past 10 years." Previously, Minto chaired the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group and was the interim chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia for four months ...

Mercer names platform provider for direct super investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... investment platform and fund administrator will provide member direct investing capabilities to Mercer's clients and superannuation members. The wealth giant is partnering with OneVue for Mercer Direct, its direct investment offering for super members ...

SMSF expert joins AMP board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... built trusted relations with government, industry and consumers, and been a strong advocate for the self-managed superannuation industry, and financial services in general. "Andrea's insights into financial advice, wealth management and superannuation ...

AustralianSuper hikes admin fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... The majority of AustralianSuper members (963,887) have less than $25,000. Overall, APRA estimates that 25.7% of superannuation funds have balances below $1000.

Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
The peak body for industry superannuation suggests defaulting workers' retirement savings into the Future Fund would be a costly mistake. According to Industry Super Australia, workers would be about $124,000 worse off if their superannuation was ...