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BT un-aligns group insurance, awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
Westpac's BT super has awarded a group insurance mandate, switching members away from Westpac Life Insurance Services. AIA Australia has been appointed as the new group insurer, with the change coming into effect from 1 July 2020. The change will impact ...

Few funds immune to ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... million in early release claims as of May 3. This wrap data encompassed applications across different BT products including BT Super for Life and BT Super. BT general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes said with 810,000 members and $69 billion in ...

BT's transition not so super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... said it would migrate members in BT Lifetime Super - Employer Plan (LSEP) and BT Business Super to a new product called BT Super effective February, 2020. The transition included about 280,000 members. As a part of the transition, members under 35 years ...

Challenger recruits Generation Life co-chiefs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... planning. Foster is a former KPMG management consultant while van der Veen worked at BT, including as the head of product for BT Super for Life. They resigned from Generation Life in January, after two years on the job. Their last half yearly results ...

BT Super announces new admin fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
BT Super has announced a new admin fee schedule for BT Super and Asgard Employee Super members. The new fee schedule will be implemented as part of BT's simplification and migration program to BT Super. The migration program will see BT migrate ...

The secret to super outperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
New research from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has revealed Australian superannuation funds that engage in responsible investing are outperforming their peers. The report looked at one, three and five-year time frames and ...

BT faces fees for no service class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... Blackburn over allegations it breached responsible lending obligations. The case alleges BT short-changed its members in the BT Super for Life cash-only option by investing through Westpac Life and allowing it to earn substantial fees while providing ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... year age cohort for example. Catholic Super had a 62% allocation to equities for the segment while others like QSuper, BT Super, Tasplan, Local Government Super and Asgard kept equities allocations under 30% for equivalent cohorts in their lifecycle ...

ASIC appeals Westpac Federal Court decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... in 2014, during two telephone campaigns in which staff recommended the rollover of superannuation accounts to Westpac/BT super products. However, the judge said ASIC failed to prove the phone calls constituted personal financial advice. Under their respective ...

Former super fund chief joins QIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
QIC announced a former corporate superannuation chief executive will join its board and reappointed two directors. Jane Perry is the former Qantas Super chief, who retired from the top job in June 2015. She previously held a chief executive position ...