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HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... restoring online services after a seven-week disruption to transactions and app access. HESTA, which has over one million members, said this marked the end of one of the largest and most comprehensive technology projects undertaken by an industry super ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... released Empowered for retirement, a best practice guide showing trustees how they need to evolve to better serve their members. This is not just in retirement but throughout members' entire journey with their fund across product design, engagement ...

AMP launches superannuation feature to boost retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
AMP has launched AMP Super Lifetime; a superannuation feature it claims could lift members' retirement incomes by over $100,000 in the first decade post-work. AMP Super Lifetime runs automatically in the background of a member's super account, creating ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... and accountability in an evolving reporting landscape. Most importantly, I am honoured to be serving over 1.1 million members," she stated. Since leaving S&P Global at the beginning of the year, Lucchese has been acting as executive director at Impact ...

Quality over quantity: CareSuper on mergers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... November 1, CareSuper and Spirit Super finalised their merger, creating what is now a $56 billion fund with more than 580,000 members, and taking on the heritage CareSuper brand. A few short weeks later, the merged entity announced it was in discussion ...

Large penalties against super funds are appropriate: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... told Financial Standard that many super fund trustees have taken accountability for not meeting their requirements to members, know they need to improve and accept the penalties that are brought against them. However, when it comes to the court applying ...

QSuper settles $67m class action

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... Retirement Trust (ART), Australia's second-largest super fund, has reached a $67 million out-of-court settlement over claims members were overcharged for life insurance premiums. The settlement for the class action, which was brought against the fund ...

ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... it down and looked at around 24 websites and specific communications in that regard; how funds were communicating with members, with claimants, and whether they were thinking about things like those who didn't have English as their first language ...

Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... of Australians say they expect investment experts to manage their money responsibly and ethically. Further, RIAA's members currently represent more than 75% of the professionally managed assets in Australia. "The 13 largest super funds in Australia ...

SS&C extends super fund partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... registry platform, to provide "real-time automation and straight-through processing" to streamline operations and improve members' experiences. "SS&C's flexible, customisable tools and consistent service enable us to continue doing just that," FES Super ...