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Super fund lowers MySuper fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A $6 billion superannuation fund has lowered fees for its balanced MySuper option. TWUSuper's default members will go from paying $808 per year in total fees to $758 per year for every $50,000 in balance, after changes that came into effect on 1 ...

Industry fund members targeted

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
Members of a $6 billion industry superannuation fund are being targeted by aggressive cold calls pushing them to roll over their super into another fund. TWUSUPER has shared that some of its members have received unwanted phone calls from salespeople ...

Industry funds dominate AAA quality list

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
One-in-four superannuation products have achieved Rainmaker's AAA quality benchmarks this year, the majority of which are provided by not-for-profit funds. Following an in-depth assessment of 750 superannuation products, only 174 or 23.2% received ...

Industry fund appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
A $5 billion industry superannuation fund is welcoming a new director to its board. TWU Super has appointed Michelle Harwood to the board as an employer director. Harwood was operations manager of registered training organisation TransTrain until its ...

Frontier appoints principal consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... 11 years at Frontier before that as a consultant. Before his first stint at Frontier, Alcock was a superannuation cadet at TWU SUPER, a credit analyst at GE Capital, a research associate at InterSec Research and a commercial banking manager at Westpac. ...

Former super fund chief executive takes overseas role

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
A former chief executive of an industry superannuation fund has taken up leadership of Nambawan Super Limited, corporate trustee of the Public Officers Superannuation Fund based in Papua New Guinea. Paul Sayer, chief executive officer at TWUSUPER during ...

CBA contemplates CommInsure sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
Commonwealth Bank confirmed in its annual results presentation that third parties are discussing an acquisition of the bank's life insurance business. Describing CommInsure as a "strong business with scale, expertise, competitive products and access ...

HESTA appoints new insurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... mandate. The partnership has been in place since 2011. In 2016, CommInsure lost partnerships with CareSuper, NGS Super and TWU Super before signing Nationwide Superannuation Fund (NSF Super) in 2017. CommInsure was also plagued by scandal around its ...

Global equities boutique wins super fund mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
A NAB Asset Management minority owned investment boutique has picked up an international equities mandate from an industry superannuation fund. Intermede Investment Partners, a bottom-up investment manager that looks for companies with long-term sustainable ...

CommInsure wins group insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... multi-industry superannuation fund. It marks the first public mandate win for CommInsure since losing CareSuper, NGS Super and TWU Super in 2016. The insurer was also plagued by scandal around its claims processing last year. CommInsure was awarded the ...