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Beacon merges with Libertas

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... independent advice, Sydney-based Libertas offers mortgage broking services and assists self-managed super fund (SMSF) and superannuation accountants provide compliant advice under the new super regime. It joins Beacon Financial's growing list of brands ...

Super trustees on notice over fund disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Fifteen per cent of superannuation trustees needed improvement in the disclosure of information on super fund websites according to Australia's corporate regulator. ASIC recently wrote to 21 superannuation trustees who failed to meet "Transparency Information" ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... recently launched a national campaign to ensure every Australian is aware of built-in life insurance available through superannuation. In an interview with Financial Standard, MetLife chief executive Deanne Stewart said that group insurance provides ...

Competition would save Australians millions in super fees: Deloitte

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
Permitting the entrance of further competition in the superannuation marketplace would reduce fees by $292 million per year across 14 million MySuper accounts. A report issued by Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) finds that the facilitation of choice ...

Industry super fund appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
A $10 billion industry superannuation fund named its first female chair this week. Sydney-based Local Government Super confirmed Woollahra councillor Katherine O'Regan now holds the top board position. O'Regan has been an LGS trustee and director since ...

Disengaged members vulnerable in super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
A review by ASIC into member experience with superannuation has highlighted a number of key vulnerabilities for consumers. The report, which mapped three stages of the superannuation lifecycle - joining a fund, participating in a fund, and changing ...

SuperConcepts to close Victorian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund service provider SuperConcepts confirmed that its expansion in Adelaide will be at the expense of an office located in Glen Waverly, Victoria. Last week the AMP-owned business, in conjunction with the South Australian ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... MySuper products break double digits. Driving the returns this financial year is that in four of the past five years superannuation funds on average have recorded double digit benchmark returns, Rainmaker noted. The past 12 months were a three-fold improvement ...

Super fund inks multi-million dollar tech upgrade

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
A $24 billion industry superannuation fund has signed an enterprise-wide managed services agreement with global information and communication technology service provider Dimension Data. The agreement will see Dimension Data design, supply, implement ...

SMSF auditor busted self-auditing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
A Victoria-based self-managed superannuation fund auditor was disqualified for auditing his own fund. ASIC investigated Neil Wilson following information supplied by the Australian Taxation Office and determined that he had breached fundamental independence ...