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TelstraSuper rolls out digital makeover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
From Snapchat to super-chat? TelstraSuper, the country's largest corporate super fund, is announcing the first phase of its digital transformation to appeal to its tech-savvy millennial and retiree fund members. This morning the fund launched a new ...

Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
EquipSuper and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) are in the final stages of merger talks. The $7 billion super fund confirmed the possible amalgamation; a step that would see its assets almost double to $13.5 billion and membership grow ...

Cahill resigns from Club Plus Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Long-serving Club Plus Superannuation chief executive and director of Club Plus Financial Planning Paul Cahill is resigning from the fund. Cahill was appointed the inaugural chief executive of Club Plus Super and has been chief executive of the NSW ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Federal Circuit judge Grant Riethmuller said. The Gold Coast operator has acknowledged the underpayments, and set a payment plan in place to reimburse workers. Operations manager Terry Huang and sole director Chin Kuen Yung will appear in the Federal ...

Banks flag adviser transparency in customer program

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... hardship via a debt repayment and consolidation service; new valuation practices for farmers and small businesses; and a plan to hold a roundtable in March with government and consumer groups to discuss how to make account-switching more accessible. ...

NAB makes key advice appointments from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Two senior hires will join NAB Financial Planning in April. NAB's advice business is welcoming Andrew Gregory as general manager, Victoria/Tasmania and Gary Wood as head of client experience and advice development. Both join NAB from AMP. Gregory was ...

UniSuper partners to bridge financial literacy gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
In response to a gap in financial literacy highlighted in member surveys, UniSuper recently launched two education initiatives. The $58 billion fund partnered with T. Rowe Price to make its successful US program, Money Confident Kids, available to UniSuper ...

HLB appoints director, outlines plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
HLB Mann Judd welcomed a new director and head of its restructuring and risk advisory division in Brisbane. Most recently the head of legal for Standard Bank Group in Hong Kong, Chew Mar joins HLB Mann Judd to oversee the firm's corporate restructuring ...

Adviser appeals ASIC ban

EMMA RAPAPORT, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
A financial adviser who is under investigation by the FPA Conduct Review Commission has been banned by ASIC from providing financial services for five years. The regulator issued Darren Tindall of PWM Advice in Orange, NSW, with a banning order last ...

Zurich hire grows retail risk business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Zurich is welcoming a new national sales manager for its retail risk business as the life insurer reshapes its overall proposition. Stepping in to the role is Peter Mitchell, who joins Zurich from State Street where he was managing director and head ...