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TWUSUPER appoints new CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The current REST chief operating officer Paul Sayer has been appointed to the vacant chief executive position at TWUSUPER. Sayer is expected to take up the role in late October. "Paul has a clear understanding of the interests of the various stakeholders ...

Cutting edge data tool finds super members most likely to defect

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The latest generation of data analytics software can tell super fund bosses who is most likely to leave their fund, and what to do to make them stay. Dr David Black is head of advanced analytics at Empirics. With over 10 years of academic experience ...

FoFA changes to cost consumers millions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... advice being provided." In reaching its conclusions, Rice Warner assumed that under opt-in requirements, about 20% of super members would disengage with their adviser. If the opt-in requirements were reversed, these members would continue to pay for ...

Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... investors in or near retirement. The Fund will form part of diversified investment options available to Catholic Super members who are already in retirement. The AllianceBernstein Managed Volatility Equities Fund aims to address the need to reduce downside ...

AustralianSuper consortium picks up QLD motorways for $7bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
AustralianSuper, as part of a consortium led by toll road owner Transurban, is set to pay $7 billion to buy a string of Brisbane motorways from the Queensland government. The consortium said it had signed an agreement to buy Queensland Motorways, which ...

AustralianSuper markets ME Bank products to members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
ME Bank largest shareholder AustralianSuper is marketing a bank product through promotional emails to its members. In an email sent to AustralianSuper members last week, the superfund specified that it does not receive commissions as a result of its ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... that competition is good for consumers. But those on the industry and not-for-profit side have questioned whether super members can really be regarded as consumers, especially when they are not choosing their own fund. Tom Garcia, chief executive of ...

AMP to launch integrated mobile app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... progress," she said. In addition to technological solutions, AMP has also been working on simplifying the message to its super members by developing a "defined goals" approach to retirement savings, rather than a peer group comparison of performance ...

Niche funds have their advantages: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Industry super fund legalsuper's recently-negotiated three-year freeze on insurance premiums was only possible because of the fund's niche status, according to legalsuper chief executive Andrew Proebstl. At a time when most super funds are facing hikes ...

Retail funds favour lifecycle MySuper options

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... had comparable balances to AustralianSuper members - In CFS' case, the average balance for FirstChoice Employer Super members (i.e. those who come through an employer fund rather than directly or through an adviser) is $25,000. The average balance of ...