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Life insurers prioritise customer service over tech

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... customers' experience in 2019, a new report finds. The 2018-19 Insurance Industry Report compiled by technology services provider TAS found customer experience will drive the transformation agenda for life, general, motor and reinsurance companies the ...

Super fund awards $50m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
EG Funds Management has won a mandate from a $9 billion superannuation fund. The real estate investment manager, with $2.1 billion under management, was awarded a $50 million mandate from Tasplan, which will invest the funds in EG's High Income Sustainable ...

Study unveils state with largest superannuation gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
New research reveals the state that has the widest superannuation savings gap between male and female employees, at nearly 40%. The study by Women in Super and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees of large industry superannuation funds ...

Sargon named trustee for new super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
Sargon has been appointed trustee of a new superannuation fund offered by a specialist insurance company. Sargon will act as trustee for the PPS Mutual Super Fund, which has been designed to enable PPS Mutual to offer a "complete" life insurance solution ...

Stewardship lessons from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
A new report has drawn insights from BlackRock and five other giants to identify five catalysts that could speed up stewardship among asset managers. Willis Tower Watson published a paper summarising research on six large asset managers who collectively ...

NPP chair breaks down rollout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
Former Commonwealth Bank and Westpac chief information officer Bob McKinnon is tasked with the tough job of chairing the New Payments Platform (NPP) through its rollout. McKinnon was made chair at the end of January this year. In March, the RBA revealed ...

Founder leaves SMSF Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
The inaugural chief executive and one of the founding members of the SMSF Association is leaving its board. Andrea Slattery has announced she is stepping down from her role as a non-executive director on the SMSF Association board, effective April 18. ...

SMSFs outshine industry funds for large balances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Industry superannuation fund satisfaction outranks retail funds in all categories, but failed to beat self-managed super funds when it comes to larger balances. This is according to Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report which found ...

Infrastructure gets $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
The Government says it will put $100 billion towards key transportation infrastructure over the next decade. It adds $25 billion to last year's Budget commitment to spend $75 billion over 10 years in the area. "This includes $2 billion to help deliver ...

Budget: RC response to cost over $600m

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
The Federal Government's response to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in Financial Services is set to cost more than half a billion dollars. The Federal Government has committed $606.7 million over the next five years to facilitate its response ...