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New Super Complaints Tribunal chair named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... The government has appointed former QSuper senior executive Helen Davis as the full-time chair of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal for a five-year period. The Tribunal provides an informal alternative to the courts for the resolution of certain ...

Baby boomers in the dark on super: SCT

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... Complaints Tribunal there are basically two types of unhappy baby boomers. The first are the ones that are incredibly aware of super. However, the other and bigger group know absolutely nothing about it, according to the tribunal's acting chair Jocelyn ...

Tribunal sees rise in super admin complaints

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Administration concerns were largest category of written complaints to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) for the June 2014 quarter. Of the complaints received 38.6% related to administration with death benefit complaints making up the second-largest ...

Beware engaged baby boomers, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... generation, who have proved some of the most persistent and aggressive complainants at the SCT. Speaking to an audience of super fund administrators hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Furlan said: "At the risk of being a heretic ...

Death and TPD dominate Super Complaints Tribunal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... instrumental in both. One related to TPD insurance. One case involved a New Zealand man who was a member of an Australian super fund, but moved back to New Zealand, where he died a few months later. The dispute was over whether the member had permanent ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a place to go when super funds make what they view as unreasonable demands. "This announcement by Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury and Small Business ...

Make sure the right people inherit your super

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... added the new Death Benefit Guardian feature to its SMSF documentation designed to appoint a guardian to ensure payments of super is made to the intended person after the death of a family member. "The Death Benefit Guardian is generally a trusted friend ...

Women in Super scholarship winner announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Cathy Powell, an employer services representative at BUSS(Q), has won the $10,000 Women in Super 2012 Global Dialogue Scholarship. Selected by a panel of senior Women in Super (WIS) members including Fiona Reynolds from Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Super tribunal needs members to solve disputes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... assess, and can revolve around whether a dependent was reliant on the person who died. In the past, some members have been super fund trustees, while others have been lawyers. Part-time members are appointed by Superannuation Minister and Assistant Treasurer ...

ATO tackles SMSF fraud risk

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
The ATO has taken measures to protect fund members from losing their super savings, as threats to SMSFs, one of the biggest segments in the superannuation industry, become more sophisticated. "The fraud that occurs happens when they get someone's name ...