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ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... governance challenges, and exposed super trustee board blind spots around their data, systems, and processes. For example, our death benefits review found that even the fastest trustees processed less than half (48%) of their death benefit claims within ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... Division 296 tax credits may not transfer to a member's estate, meaning tax already paid on unrealised gains could be lost upon death - while capital gains tax on those same assets may still be owed by the estate." Waterhouse also raised concerns over ...

GESB to roll out premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... implementing premium waivers for some members. From July 1, certain types of insurance will see premium reductions; GESB offers death, TPD and salary continuance insurance. Premiums for death cover will be reduced. For a 40-year-old male with death cover ...

Up to two million Aussies could face super tax: FSC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... the super tax on morning television. Canavan argued the tax is incredibly unfair and said the Coalition will "fight to the death" to oppose the passing of the bill.

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says the Coalition will "fight to the death" to ensure the taxing of unrealised capital gains is abandoned. Appearing on the Today show this morning, Canavan and Greens leader Larissa Waters debated the viability of the ...

ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... main focus is on member services more generally, this is a multi-year phased project" Constant said. "We will come back to death benefit claims handling and check that funds are doing what they said they will do. But there is more that we will be doing ...

BUSSQ lowers administration fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... used to support the delivery of products and services to members." As a result, all members will see premiums for their death and TPD cover rise. For example, a manual worker with the default four units of both cover types will see their collective premiums ...

Wealth management has never looked better: Knox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... scene, it's really tough to be a fund manager; you're getting scalability problems and active managers are dying a death domestically because of all the in-housing of assets under management by industry super funds. So, asset management is tough ...

Cbus increases insurance premiums

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
Cbus will increase insurance fees for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover from July 5. Those aged between 15 and 25 will see their fees remain the same, but those in older age brackets will be paying slightly more each week. For members ...

TPD claim settlements take 'considerably longer': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... New group insurance research finds that total permanent disability (TPD) claims are taking much longer to process, while death claims appear to have more efficient processes in place. According to Rainmaker's latest benchmarking data, a total of ...