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Super fund members satisfied but restless

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... previous year but an increasing number is looking to switch funds, according to Investment Trends. Latest insight shows 71% of super fund members rated their level of satisfaction with their main fund as 'good' or 'very good'. This is ...

CBA Group Super appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Commonwealth Bank Group Super has promoted from within to appoint its new chief investment officer. Acting in the chief investment role since March 2017, Ruwanie Dias was promoted to permanently oversee more than $11 billion at the corporate superannuation ...

Group insurers pressed for resources

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
Group insurers are finding themselves pressed for resources as they race to meet the Federal Government's July 2019 deadline to cull the default opt-ins for group insurance. MetLife head of reinsurance and regulatory affairs James Carey said the ...

FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The Financial Services Council is launching a multi-million-dollar data project that will aggregate and distribute life insurance industry data. FSC chief executive Sally Loane announced the project's delivery in Melbourne today, the culmination ...

Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said it is hard to argue against a case for better-performing superannuation funds as put forth by the Productivity Commission, yet the best in show approach must be careful that it doesn't dampen competition. Speaking at ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... reduced. I don't know how they will do it. But the important thing is they are doing it." BTFG's product providers (super, platforms and investments) operate as independent businesses and will work to choose the best way to pay the commissions ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Custodians are defying a myth the $3.5 trillion industry hasn't kept pace with technology to address operational efficiencies and system-related issues. For many, robotics is already taking over several manual processes. According to the Australian ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... distinguish clearly between organisational best interest and client best interest," he said. Cummins said the $2.6 trillion super industry must address legacy arrangements; duplication of accounts; erosion of account balances; and fees disclosures in ...

Sunsuper appoints former AustralianSuper executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Sunsuper board," Fraser said. The appointment comes at a time when Sunsuper is set to merge with the $2.5 billion AustSafe Super early next year, creating a $58 billion super fund with 1.4 million members. Also in March, Sunsuper finalised its merger ...

Government super fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... and completed a Certified Investment Management Analyst qualification in 2013. The 75-year old GESB manages retirement and super savings for about 250,000 members.