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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 ...

State Super to sponsor retirement income research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
Celebrating its 100-year anniversary, the $44 billion superannuation fund will award scholarships for research into improving future retirement incomes. At an event at the New South Wales State Library in Sydney last night, State Super announced the ...

Integrity Life focuses on SMEs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
The insurer said it is the first group product of this type that offers an income benefit to the employer as well as the employee. "The Five+ product is simple to understand and maintain and completely transparent. It is very much an off-the-shelf solution ...

Aussie employers understand importance of advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... the international cohort of employers. SSGA head of investments Australia, Jonathan Shead said that with the battle for employer default fund status continuing in Australia, considerations such as environmental, social and governance investment options ...

Industry funds confirm merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Two industry superannuation funds worth more than $45 billion combined have confirmed they will merge later this year. Hostplus and Club Super are set to merge in just over a month, after the two industry super funds signed a Successor Fund Transfer ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Insurance in superannuation is now opt-in only for new members under the age of 25 and those with low account balances, after the government's Putting Members' Interests First super reforms passed through the Senate yesterday. The Senate passed ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... Wade Martin, the fund's first chief risk officer, and Marianne Walker, who is the new group executive of member and employer experience. Martin joined Cbus in March 2013 as a risk manager and moved on to become general manager and head of risk management. ...

Members shift to industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
Retail superannuation funds copped a battering of outflows as latest APRA figures paint a telling picture of a booming industry super fund sector nearly one year after the Hayne Royal Commission. Retail fund assets were flat at $625.7 billion in the ...

ATO to crack down on SG non-payment

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... commissioner James O'Halloran. Speaking at the 2019 ASFA National Policy Roadshow, ATO deputy commissioner, superannuation and employer obligations James O'Halloran said it would be an "immediate focus" to use information from STP - and the capability ...

Super fund renews admin contract

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A $57 billion industry superannuation fund has renewed its administration contract, continuing a long-held relationship with Link Group. Rest has renewed its arrangements with Link Group for a term of 3 years and 8 months and includes an option for ...