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Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
This Equal Pay Day has provided a reminder that many Australian women will face financial hardship - especially in old age - if equality of pay is not addressed. The gender pay gap in Australia grew over the last year, Aware Super chief executive Deanne ...

Pinnacle distribution director exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
After more than six years in the role, Pinnacle Investment Management's director of distribution has left the business. Matt Dell finished up with Pinnacle on August 27, having first joined the firm in April 2015. Prior to that he spent close to seven ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
All talk and still no taper (yet). Along with the declaration of "mission accomplished" in the planet's war against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fed's annual Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole symposium is the most widely anticipated event of ...

Former adviser hit with criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
After breaching his ASIC banning order, a former financial adviser is facing criminal charges. Lawrence Toledo, who is a former representative of Sentinel Private Wealth, has been charged with breaching a financial services banning order on three occasions ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Ahead of the results of the inaugural Your Future, Your Super performance test, the chief executive of Maritime Super has aired concerns over the implications of communicating with members where their fund has underperformed, particularly where that ...

Maritime Super dumps ISA membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
Industry Super Australia has announced Maritime Super has ended its association with the industry lobby group. In a statement on its website the group said it was advised on Thursday of the super fund's decision to withdraw from the industry fund ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
Retail superannuation funds from AMP, Australian Ethical and Russell Investments will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the last-minute change to administration fee treatment in YFYS performance tests, says Industry Super Australia. The new performance ...

Industry steps up for Lifeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
Some financial services heavyweights have thrown their support behind Lifeline, as the pandemic, lockdowns and economic uncertainty sees mental health services stretched. Janus Henderson head of retail distribution Jordan Tang organised Berry Motorfair ...

NGS, ACSRF shelve merger plans

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
After 12 months of discussions, Sydney's Australian Catholic Superannuation and NGS Super have shelved their plans to merge and create a $21.5 billion fund. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2020, after years of informal discussions ...

Superannuation assets hit $3.3tn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
Australia's total superannuation assets ended June 2021 with $3.3 trillion, 14.7% higher than a year ago. Of this, $2.26 trillion are APRA-regulated, up 17.2% from previous years, according to June-end superannuation statistics released by APRA ...