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MLC Life launches group insurance platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... to directly challenge Australia's established group insurers, unveiling a group insurance digital platform for superannuation fund trustees, administrators and members. The latest instalment in MLC Life's $400 million digital transformation, the new ...

Riding the retirement tidal wave

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... "To put it another way, quoting The Castle, if you think you're retiring at 65 you're dreaming," he said. While superannuation savings will typically remain the primary measure of financial security in retirement, Shead argued that outcomes will also ...

Government gives super system further makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
The Federal Government is powering ahead with further changes to Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system, garnering support from across the industry. The latest proposals will see the prudential regulator (APRA) be responsible for making it easier ...

Stone and Chalk partners for new Melbourne hub

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Fintech hub Stone and Chalk is extending its reach into Victoria with the help of an industry superannuation fund. AustralianSuper, the nation's largest super fund with over $120 billion under management, will partner with Stone & Chalk to open their ...

Super system needs work on environmental and governance factors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... Australia still has the ninth-lowest score in the environmental indicator, Natixis said. "Australia's mandatory superannuation policies are lauded by policy-makers around the world in terms of their improvement to retirement outcomes. However, at an ...

Industry fund offers retirement income bonus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... surplus, so we should reward them too." BUSSQ follows in the footsteps of QSuper, which in 2016 became the first major superannuation fund to announce it would offer retiring members a cash bonus for moving their accumulated savings into a pension account ...

FOFA breach sees former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... advice for three years after the corporate regulator found he had advised four clients to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) and use limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LBRAs) to fund the purchase of real property. This advice was ...

New executives to drive NGS Super growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... has been the chief executive and fund secretary at NESS Super since 2012 and has also previously held roles in superannuation consulting with Willis Towers Watson, Actuaries in Super and Mercer. "Angie brings a wealth of knowledge from her years at NESS ...

NAB sells down stake in $350bn asset consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... research Rainmaker estimates JANA sources about $280 billion from not-for-profit funds and about 80% is from industry superannuation funds.

Industry fund makes social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... recreate real life experiences for those living with dementia has been given a $19 million kick-start by an industry superannuation fund. The investment was made through HESTA's $30 million Social Impact Investment Trust, managed by Social Ventures Australia ...