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Sunsuper prepares for end of super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... awards, both BT and Colonial First State intend to use their business bank connections to gain new employers for their MySuper products. When asked whether he was concerned about this apparent distribution advantage that big banks have over industry ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... industries. Financial Services Council director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "Unless the advertisement compares like with like MySuper products, they will be meaningless for the 80% of Australians who are in default funds. "The latest version of the ...

Top AMP exec leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... officer Brad Cooper said that Howes' priority will be to develop products that encourage Westpac bank customers switch their MySuper account to BT. "Across the Westpac Group brands we have eight million Australians who have a MySuper product with another ...

ISA to change Compare the Pair ads

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... of factors including the fees, the services and benefits offered and the performance of the funds. 'The introduction of MySuper has produced a new generation of low-cost superannuation products across the industry. ASIC is closely monitoring advertising ...

MySuper flips members out of millions: CSSA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
MySuper may be leaving some disengaged members with much lower life insurance cover thanks to a new form of 'flipping', the Corporate Super Specialists' Alliance (CSSA) has warned. The practice of flipping members from less expensive corporate super ...

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... superannuation group insurance survey of 14,834 risk options offered by 206 super funds, master trusts and their included MySuper products. The research house found that premium value, which is a measure of the amount of insurance members receive and ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said it will halt its selection of MySuper funds as default funds under modern awards, after the full Federal Court found the expert panel was incorrectly constituted. In a statement released yesterday the president ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... had upheld his organisation's position, adding: "We want an open, competitive process which allows every APRA-approved MySuper product to compete for default superannuation contributions. "A genuinely competitive market will lead to more transparency ...

Super returns dampen but still double digit

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Focusing on balanced options among workplace funds rather than defaults paints the same picture, however, regardless of the MySuper performance re-boot. Overall funds' balanced options delivered 10.1% compared to 11.0% from NFP funds and 9.1% from retail ...

MySuper is bringing fees down: Rice Warner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
MySuper is doing its job in bringing down superannuation fees despite recent reports to the contrary, according to Rice Warner head of superannuation market insights Nathan Bonarius. In a report published today, Bonarius said that between 30 June 2012 ...