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Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... tolerance to risk, debt management and an affordable contributions strategy." Verve Super has recently embarked on a social media advertising campaign showcasing its "Support Squad" - which includes a financial coach, divorce expert, career change coach ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... steam ahead, despite pressure from a coalition of backbenchers to freeze or dump the increase in SG to 12%. During a QIC media roundtable, Cbus chief executive David Atkin argued that the scheduled increase would both benefit individual members as well ...

APRA heatmap sees members save on fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... Other funds deemed above the threshold level by APRA include First Super, IOOF and IAG & NRMA Superannuation. Meanwhile, Media Super - currently exploring the possibility of a merger with Cbus - fared well, as did the likes of Energy Super, AMIST Super ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Australian households are $500 billion better off because of the compulsory superannuation system, according to new research. The latest report from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates compulsory super has added $500 ...

IFM Investors equities co-head departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... now the head of active small caps, and Matt Griffin who left for AMP Capital. Carter has also worked at ABN AMRO covering media stocks in London.

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
ASIC has come under pressure from a Senator to look into AMP's treatment of financial advisers, including reducing the value of its Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Labor senator for NSW Deborah O'Neill has written to ASIC chair James Shipton ...

Cbus, Media Super explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
After six months of auditioning potential merger partners, Media Super has settled on Cbus in a model that is expected to be similar to that of Equipsuper and Catholic Super joint venture. The two funds haven't yet signed a memorandum of agreement ...

Job vacancies up 15%: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... financial services is one of the three industries most likely to be hiring right now - alongside IT and healthcare. The social media site for professional also reported that according to its workplace confidence research, which surveys 5200 LinkedIn ...

ATO data heaps pressure on ASIC's SMSF fact sheet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New ATO data has brought ASIC's SMSF expense fact sheet under renewed pressure. Freshly released ATO figures show the median "operating expense" of SMSFs is $3923 a year, a stark contrast from data published by ASIC last year which stipulated the ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... Rickard said. "Over the last decade, scammers have taken advantage of new technologies and current scams are using social media apps and new payment methods that didn't exist in 2009." According to data from Scamwatch, investment scams were up 42.7% ...