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MetLife makes senior hire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Departing MLC in December 2017, Sefton has also previously spent 14 years with First State Super and served as group superannuation manager at the Ampol and Caltex Group Superannuation Fund. MetLife's head of reinsurance and regulatory affairs James ...

Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... support," Maroney said. This week, we ask: Should the victim of a serious crime have access to the perpetrator's superannuation?

Focus on tax outcomes to drive up member returns: Parametric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... $191,202 for the third. "Our motivation is the comprehensively address the contention that tax-efficiency in a superannuation

Less than half of all super funds are gaining new members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
APRA released its 2017 superannuation fund level statistics and it shows that of the 170 funds included in their report, less than half experienced growth in net new membership. Reinforcing the growing dominance of not-for-profit super funds, they accounted ...

Super Plus switches to SMSF fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... no-brainer," Super Plus managing director Phillip Whiteley said. Mclowd, which says it now manages close to $1 billion in superannuation assets on its SMSF accounting platform, says its offering is based on decentralised and scalable technology which ...

New law tightens unpaid SG penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Employers robbing staff of superannuation entitlements could face court-ordered penalties and even jail time under a new law designed to combat the $2.85 billion unpaid super problem. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer introduced ...

Nationwide Super joins Russell alliance, cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Nationwide Super has joined Russell Investments' five-year-old superannuation alliance, a move that will help the fund reduce fees for its member base of small business owners. Russell Investments partnered with superannuation administrator Link Group ...

PJC doubts life insurance industry can self-regulate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... For group life insurance, the PJC said it "strongly supported the opt-out model for life insurance within group superannuation." It blasted superannuation trustees and life insurers' current "dearth of action" to fix the duplicate insurance within group ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... largest recipients, with 80% accruing the benefits, while only 20% goes to retirees. "The top 1% of self-managed superannuation funds received an average cash refund of more than $80,000 in 2014-15," Bowen said. "Labor does not think it is fair to spend ...

New super fund combats account erosion for young Aussies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
A new superannuation fund is aiming to address the needs of Australian university students and young professionals. Student Super plans to give young Australians a head start when it comes to superannuation, saying the first decade of super contributions ...