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Maritime Super dumps ISA membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... said it was advised on Thursday of the super fund's decision to withdraw from the industry fund collective. Effective August 27, the $6 billion fund can no longer use the associated logo or be involved in any marketing campaigns using the logo. A ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... performance test set under the Your Future, Your Super legislation is due to hand out its results to superannuation funds on August 30. Earlier this month, last-minute changes from the government pushed the administration fees included in the test from ...

Industry steps up for Lifeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... June 26 and July 27. Calls from Victorian residents have also spiked by 30% compared to pre-pandemic levels. On Monday August 2, Lifeline had 3345 calls - the highest volume of calls in its 58-year history. Wealth manager Crestone will support the Berry ...

NGS, ACSRF shelve merger plans

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... Super have shelved their plans to merge and create a $21.5 billion fund. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2020, after years of informal discussions, Financial Standard first reported. The plan was to merge by late 2021 subject to ...

Superannuation assets hit $3.3tn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... trillion are APRA-regulated, up 17.2% from previous years, according to June-end superannuation statistics released by APRA on August 24. MySuper products stood at $903 billion, an increase of 22.5% from June 2020. Self-managed superannuation assets ...

Stockspot hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... appointed a head of superannuation and partnerships, hiring from Vanguard. Enid Lal started in the newly created role on August 16. She will lead product initiatives to support Stockspot's direct clients including SMSFs, and accountants and advisers ...

FPA appoints FPEC chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... profession," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. Olynyk will take over from Taylor who stepped down from chairing FPEC in August and intends to retire at the end of the academic year. "Since being appointed chair in February 2018, Sharon has been ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... from plus 11 points in the previous month - and that of the consumer - down by 4.4% to an 11-month low reading of 104.1 in August - would take their toll on the labour market. But as the saying goes, "those who don't remember the past are doomed ...

VGI Partners global LIC posts 25.6% returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... monetisation and the usage drop to have run its course. The LIC has bought back 26 million shares or 6.4% of total shares since August. It will extend its buyback.

Super unit boosts Equity Trustees performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... members across 15 super funds. This was driven by new wins, signing up major clients like AMP Life and HUB24 in July and August 2020 respectively. Findex subsidiary Centric and the Aracon Superannuation Fund were also new mandates. Equity Trustees managing ...