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Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Optimum Pensions has urged super trustees to insure life expectancy and mitigate mortality risk to meet Retirement Income Covenant objectives. Optimum Pensions' ' The difference between insured and uninsured retirement products ' whitepaper said trustees ...

Netwealth reports significant growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
Netwealth has reached $62.4 billion funds under administration (FUA) and posted record earnings in its H1 FY23 results. Netwealth's FUA grew 10.2% to the prior corresponding period (pcp). The company's underlying EBTIDTA, excluding non-cash share-based ...

ASIC acts to combat financial inequality for First Nations people

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... journey towards First Nations peoples having full and effective use of banking services, with a safety net of appropriate insurance, access to superannuation and suitable credit options. Strong regulatory activities are also critical in protecting this ...

Equity Trustees names super head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
Equity Trustees has appointed Andrew Godfrey as executive general manager of its Superannuation Trustees Services business. Godfrey replaces Mark Blair, who successfully transformed the company's strategy to concentrate on independent outsourced trusteeship ...

Financial services leaders recognised: 2023 Australia Day Honours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... Corporation (CSC) board member Juliet Brown has been appointed as a Member of the Order for her significant service to the insurance and superannuation industries. Brown was previously awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2015. Former ESS Super ...

QIC appoints strategy, implementation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
Andrew Whittaker has stepped into the new role of investment director of strategy and implementation within QIC State Investments. Whittaker was promoted from senior portfolio manager - multi assets. He has worked at QIC for 15 years, starting as a ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
... regulatory and legislative arbitrage. Contrastingly, APRA has the authority to supervise institutions across banking, insurance and super. Unlike the US, fiduciary duty is also regulated at the provider level. "Australian service providers and regulators ...

FSC releases claims handling standard for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released an enforceable standard for handling group life insurance claims in superannuation. The FSC's new standard replaces existing voluntary guidance and sets a minimum level of service that consumers can ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... expected to take 12-18 months, with no impact to policy holders or customers. 7. Proebstl to leave legalsuper Last month Andrew Proebstl announced he would leave the fund and exited officially on November 23, just shy of two decades in the role. He took ...

Mine Super and TWUSUPER explore merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... milestones," Langby and Sherry added. Further, there won't be changes to any aspect of member funds, investments or insurance as a result of the funds singing this MoU. Yesterday, as reported by Financial Standard, according to APRA heatmap data ...