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The four stages of retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Demographics Group director and co-founder Simon Kuestenmacher believes there are four very predictable stages for super funds to be aware of. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Melbourne, Kuestenmacher elaborated on these stages ...

Do your cyber-attack drills: Funds warned

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
A panel of experts at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds stressed the importance for super funds to be prepared and have a cybersecurity strategy in place. When asked if super funds should have "something in the bottom of the drawer of someone's ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... understand their cover or any changes to it. On the design of insurance offerings, ASIC said it previously found many super funds using restrictive TPD definitions, like the 'activities of daily living' (ADL) definition. Of the 4% of claims assessed ...

Super funds have the power to make change: Advocates

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Super funds can better support more Australians in retirement from a diversity standpoint by investing wisely and understanding who their members are, the Conference of Major Super Funds has heard. Athlete and disability advocate Dylan Alcott and Homelessness ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Marketing strategist Toby Ralph says super funds must overhaul their member communications, as the days of arranging cohorts by demographic are long gone. Addressing the crowd at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Melbourne, Ralph ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
A panel on the impacts of climate change has heard how, as ESG approaches evolve, super funds must be conscious of their competency in the space and have processes for measuring it. Appearing at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, UTS Institute ...

Future-proofing the super system: Rees

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... an excess accumulated super as narrow as possible, and the best way to do that is to make sure that the members of super funds have access to default insurance schemes in the event that they strike misfortune in life," he said. "It is worthwhile to go ...

Australian Retirement Trust lines up another merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... partner for our members and are very pleased to potentially partner with one of Australia's largest and best-performing super funds," Alcoa Super chair Gabriel Szondy said. "ART is a leading provider of tailored corporate solutions, and, through this ...

Super a big national advantage: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Addressing the Conference of Major Super Funds in Melbourne this morning, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the superannuation system is one of the reasons he feels optimistic about the future of the economy, though remained realistic about possible challenges ...

Spirit Super appoints deputy chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... loved my time there, working with so many great clients," he said. "It means I have a good window into how different super funds work." Touching on what he's most proud of from his time at the asset consultant, he said: "Some of the things that we ...