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AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... AMP says in its defence to her claim seeking compensation for unfair dismissal. The senior lawyer dragged her former employer to Federal Court last Tuesday, seeking over $2 million. She claimed she was bullied and harassed for reporting fee-for-no-service ...

Industry fund awards admin mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... member experience. "The trend is for super fund operations closest to the member to be insourced. This includes member and employer servicing such as contact centres and investment management," Walsh said. "Conversely, super funds are seeking to outsource ...

Super fund adviser numbers swell

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... now directly employs 969 registered advisers, up from 713 advisers at March, 2016. State Super is the biggest direct employer of advisers among super funds, accounting for almost 30% of the industry's total adviser registrations with 281 advisers. ...

Industry fund hires from Colonial First State

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
An $11.3 billion industry fund has hired an investment specialist from Colonial First State. NGS Super has appointed former Colonial First State research and investment specialist Melinda He as its new manager - liquid assets in its investment team. ...

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
A physical space has been created for superannuation education by a $9.7 billion industry fund. Statewide Super has created the SuperHub, a centre dedicated to superannuation education and open to everyone - not just Statewide members. The centre opened ...

AustralianSuper checks out robo advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... of March, up from 713 three years ago, according to Rainmaker analysis of ASIC data. The biggest superannuation fund employer of advisers is State Super (281), followed by Industry Fund Services (106), Qinvest (94), UniSuper (74) and SunSuper (70). Australia ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A joint venture between two superannuation funds with a combined $26 billion and 150,000 members has today taken off, with the chief executive hinting more funds could become involved. Equipsuper and Catholic Super's joint venture is officially ...

Industry fund head jumps to Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... employees." Prior to her time at HESTA, Caruana was a strategic account manager at AMP. Earlier in her career she managed employer services at Equipsuper and was a super consultant and Aon.

Next decade of defined contributions crucial: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... local considerations. Those themes included an increased focus on retirement income and a redefinition of the role of the employer. The research predicts there will be consolidation in the industry as a response to commercial, governance and technological ...

Retail fund faces class action on MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... Elkins in particular. The action alleged CFS's implementation of the MySuper reforms for members of the FirstChoice Employer Super division was slow and the fund breached its duties to members. Maurice Blackburn said CFS failed to exercise the degree ...