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Funds management veteran joins First State Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... senior leadership roles with BT Financial Group and Merrill Lynch Investment Management. First State Super provides superannuation and advice to more than 800,000 members and clients.

Superannuation shortage facing Aussie retirees: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... of 14 years. According to Charman, early planning was the key to ensuring more Australians retired with enough superannuation savings to live comfortably. "It's important to think about your retirement goals and whether your super contributions will ...

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... distribution and product and pricing. Group insurers must also rework marketing, customer experience and digital as superannuation funds look towards them to support desired member outcomes. And all of this needs to be done in a "very compressed time ...

The case for indexed annuity bonds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Indexed annuity bonds could be the answer to superannuation trustees meeting members' post-retirement consumption needs while fulfilling fiduciary obligations at the same time. This is according to research from The McKell Institute, which highlights ...

Retirement planning is a personal responsibility

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Twenty-five years since the beginning of compulsory employer superannuation, Australians are beginning to understand having enough money for retirement is up to their own planning, according to a new report. Latest State Street Global Advisors research ...

Industry fund renews insurer, drops premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
A $5.3 billion industry superannuation fund has renewed its group insurance mandate, reduced member premiums and removed automatic cover for members under 25. Media Super has reappointed Hannover Life Re as its group insurer from July 1. In doing so ...

Zuper opens its doors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
Millennial super fund Zuper has officially launched to make a play at the $2.6 trillion superannuation industry. Aiming to "empower" millions of young disengaged Australians with their superannuation, Zuper was founded in early 2017 by chief product ...

MLC refunds $67m in advice fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... plan service fee was introduced in 2012 in an effort to help MKPS members access general advice regarding their superannuation, MLC Super chief executive Matthew Lawrance said. The move is off the back of corporate regulator ASIC engaging in "ongoing ...

AMP moves to reset business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... in compensation to customers that received bad financial advice. Reflecting plans for the simplification of its superannuation product offering, AMP said it will implement pricing reductions across its MySuper product suite from Q3 2018. Described as ...

Industry bodies respond to RG97 review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... Several industry bodies have welcomed the recommendations aiming to overhaul fee and cost disclosure practices of superannuation funds and managed investments under Regulatory Guide 97. Darren McShane, appointed by ASIC to spearhead the independent review ...