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Industry funds reign supreme: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Industry superannuation funds are set to continue their dominance of the sector, with not-for-profit funds already accounting for about two-thirds of Australia's total superannuation assets. Insights from Rainmaker Information show retail super funds ...

AustralianSuper embraces goals-based advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Australia's largest superannuation fund is making the switch to goals-based financial advice. Speaking to Financial Standard, AustralianSuper group executive, member experience and advice Shawn Blackmore said the $120 billion fund has started to integrate ...

Marriage equality and the estate plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... planning documents must be reviewed to safeguard those rights. Financial advisers must remember that, for certain superannuation funds, a binding death benefit nomination made by a client becomes invalid in the event of certain life changes, Cassar said. ...

Industry association targets super gaps

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Government must use its 2018-19 Budget to guarantee the further inclusion of hundreds of thousands of Australians in the superannuation system. This is the key vision of the Australians Institute of Superannuation Trustees, who used their pre-budget ...

Life insurance inflows stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... with MetLife (14.1%), TAL (10.6%) and AIA (7.1%) reporting stronger inflows as a result of winning significant superannuation fund insurance mandates during the year. Among the group insurers, AIA Australia held the largest market share (27%), followed ...

DomaCom enters retail super market with new partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
Fractional property investment manager DomaCom made a successful play for the retail superannuation sector last week after its fund was approved for inclusion by an Australian super trustee. The DomaCom Fund will now be available as an investment option ...

Former SMSF Association chief joins CEFC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A former Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association chief executive will join the Clean Energy Finance Corporation board on February 1. Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg and Minister for Finance Mathias Corman announced Andrea ...

Sunsuper director steps down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... merger. The process, which began in April this year, sees the merged entity become one of the nation's biggest superannuation funds, with more than $45 billion in funds under management and about 1.3 million members. A replacement director, as a nominee ...

Financial advice crucial to industry fund members: Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Financial Planner under an advice program run in conjunction with the Financial Planning Association. The industry superannuation fund is further encouraging its members to embrace financial planning in the New Year through its partnership with the FPA. ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... top 10 stories were: 1.GROW Super opens for business (23 May) Is it any wonder, that with all the newly-formed superannuation funds and products to hit the marketplace in 2017, that this comprehensive look at GROW Super topped Financial Standard's most ...