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Fair Work confirms MySuper awards regime

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

Niche super funds cooperate to avoid merging

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
As compliance costs for super funds skyrocket, small super funds are cooperating to find ways of achieving scale without having to merge, according to IFAA trustee services manager Michael Corcoran. Corcoran, who provides secretariat and advisory services ...

Super funds sluggish on technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Industry and corporate super funds have been slow off the mark in developing their technological capabilities in engaging with members, according to a study by Towers Watson. The survey found that small to medium sized funds have been particularly sluggish ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The government has announced it will scrap Labor's plan to set up a Council of Superannuation Guardians and a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability, arguing it would create unnecessary bureaucracy. The purpose of the Charter was to "clearly ...

Van Eyk deputy CIO moves to Select

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Multi-asset investment manager Select Investment Partners has appointed Matt Olsen as its new head of research. Olsen comes straight from van Eyk Research, where he was deputy chief investment officer and head of manager research. Prior to that he worked ...

Nearly 50% of woman to suffer under LISC dumping

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has ramped up its campaign to save the low income superannuation concession (LISC), saying scrapping Labor's plan will hurt almost one in two Australian women. The industry body also claimed that the repeal of the LISC ...

HOSTPLUS switches insurers to MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Industry fund HOSTPLUS has made a change to its life insurance offering, switching from ANZ's OnePath to MetLife. HOSTPLUS chief executive David Elia said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of MetLife as our Group Life Insurance partner. "We ...

ISA and FSC at odds over super tax changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has criticised the Government's intention to scrap Labor's plan to cap tax-exempt investment earnings through super, saying it will "sit uncomfortably" with low income earners. The previous administration had planned to ...

Mercer picks Milestone's APRA reporting solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
Mercer Australia has chosen Milestone Group's pControl Regulatory Oversight service to meet the new Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting standards that are part of the Stronger Super reforms. The new reporting standards have seen ...

WA Local Government Super rebrands, gets MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
WA Local Government Super is looking to corner the MySuper market in Western Australia after becoming the only Western Australian fund so far to be granted a MySuper licence. The fund, which until now has been exclusively for local government employees ...