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Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Billed as a push to improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their members, the reforms will hone in on areas which the government feels "need improvement," ...

BUSSQ loses legal bid to overturn additional licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... conditions are valid," Taylor said. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole said the regulator took action to support improved member outcomes and will now move "expeditiously" to ensure the requirements under the additional licence conditions are met.

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Chalmers said the reforms will improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their members, but only revealed the first three target areas which the government feels "need ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... strategic business and operational solutions with a clear focus on efficiency gains, systems improvement and enhanced member outcomes," Symons added. "She has a breadth of professional services experience domestically and abroad, including specific superannuation ...

Mason Stevens rolls out super admin fee changes

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... ability to meet significant increases in operational costs...," Mason Stevens said. According to the most recent Member Outcomes Assessment, Mason Stevens Super has about 3000 members and close to $1 billion in funds under management. At the time, its ...

Superhero Super assets to swell via fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... Slate Super for the period totaled nearly $48 million; the industry median was $29.9 million. Its most recent Member Outcomes Assessment, released in February this year, showed that its fees were significantly more expensive than the peer median across ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... established in 1977 by agribusiness Manildra Group which notified the trustee that while the fund continues to promote member outcomes, according to its own assessment, it would terminate the offering at the end of FY24. Honourable mentions UniSuper ...

Hostplus' AFCA complaint response times lag

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... there is no established standard to guide them?" Elia said a code of conduct would support a sharpened focus on member outcomes beyond individual funds. "A mandatory code of conduct puts everyone on notice and serves to uplift the performance of the ...

Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... outcomes. "A review of the expenditure decisions and related benefits revealed an absence of clearly articulated member outcomes resulting from the documented benefits," Deloitte said. It added that while there is a shared understanding of the benefits ...

ASIC narrows in on private market investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... reporting to build trust and confidence. Ultimately, you can't have good retirement outcomes without good member outcomes," she said. "You can't have good member services without accountability, transparency and consistency in the way you meet ...