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AustralianSuper to pay $4.2m for delayed claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... have been impacted by previous delays and compensating them to put them back in the position they would have been in, or as close as possible to that position, had the delays in processing the death benefit claim not occurred. This is being done regardless ...

Australians satisfied with super performance: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... performance poor. Surveying 1500 adults across all age groups, genders, geographical location, and education band, ASFA found close to two-thirds of respondents believe their fund's investment performance to be 'very good' or 'good'. ...

Chalmers unveils new superannuation reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced new reforms the government will be rolling out for Australia's superannuation system. Speaking at the annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference, Chalmers gave an address laying out ...

Fiducian names general manager, superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... Asset Servicing, which is shuttering, in December 2023. Martin has been general manager, superannuation at Fiducian for close to a decade. Before that, he was chief executive of Media Super for more than nine years. Fiducian's superannuation business ...

ClearView's share price tanks 31%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... (AGM) in early November, but the firm could not explain why. The ASX-listed firm's share price traded at 52 cents at the close of November 6 then dropped to 36 cents the following day, when it held its AGM and passed six resolutions. ClearView is scrambling ...

QIC backs Virescent Ventures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has invested in Virescent Ventures' new climate technology fund, helping take its first close to about $125 million. QIC joins Westpac and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in backing Fund II, which will ...

HESTA to pay members impacted by COVID revaluations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... valuation decisions." The regulator commenced a formal investigation into the issue in January 2024, but said it would now close the investigation. "In light of HESTA's decision to make payments to affected members to make them good, and improvements ...

CareSuper, MIESF assess merger potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
CareSuper and the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) are exploring the viability of a merger. The two funds have entered a Heads of Agreement and commenced a due diligence process. It comes hot on the heels of CareSuper completing ...

Blockchain platform MezFi launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... access to bonus levels of return on investment based on a lottery system applied at the end of the sales window." At the close of the fund once all redemptions have been made, DFTs can be used by investors as a normal non-fungible token (NFT).

Treasury consults on beneficial ownership disclosure reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... the number of issued securities a person is deemed to have a relevant interest in. "The central aim of these reforms is to close existing loopholes in the disclosure regime in order to ensure greater transparency for investors and the market, particularly ...