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Equip slashes insurance premiums

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... on death and TPD and/or salary continuance premiums. "We see insurance as an important differentiator for Equip in the MySuper era and a valuable retention tool as members change jobs. Our death and TPD Clever Cover based on multiple of salary is popular ...

MySuper dashboards, ASIC warns trustees

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Following a regulatory review of MySuper product dashboards, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued extra guidance to superannuation trustees about how they need to be handled. The guidance update focuses on how the dashboards ...

Towers Watson wins Kinetic Super contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... super fund, said Kinetic Super's investment strategy focuses on "delivering the investment objective with a primarily "MySuper" pool of members' assets." He continued: "We are pleased to reappoint Towers Watson, they understand our philosophy of uncomplicated ...

Industry funds must learn from banks: Equip

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... that industry funds are the less expensive option no longer stands, as retail funds have developed their own low-cost MySuper options. Brooks said all these factors mean the industry fund sector is "under siege" from the retail sector. "There's never ...

CBA wants Senate to fix corporate super advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... remuneration to life insurance products within super where no financial product advice has been provided, except in relation to MySuper products." The inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of FoFA) Bill 2014 will present its final report ...

Equip to launch pension version of MySuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Superannuation fund Equip will launch a retirement phase version of MySuper, called 'Equip MyPension', on 1 July this year, chief executive Danielle Press has revealed. The product is designed to be a default pension fund for members in the MySuper ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... Court of Australia challenging the validity of the Fair Work Commission's Expert Panel responsible for the selection of MySuper funds to be listed on modern awards. While the Federal Court named two official respondents - the FWC and ISA - the surprise ...

'Choice' dashboard, portfolio disclosure delayed to 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... funds and introduction of the portfolio holdings disclosure regime will be delayed 12 months to July 2015. Rollout of the MySuper product dashboard is unaffected by the announcement. The delay is in response to government and industry concerns that the ...

Super on track for double-digit year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... percentage points notwithstanding this is artificial as it reflects the impact of the survivorship bias introduced by the MySuper transition. Underpinning the super fund performance results are that the rolling 12 month ASX accumulation index was 13.0% ...

FSC will take FWC to Federal Court

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... statement yesterday in which he denied the FSC's request for a hearing, as well as ruling out a one week extension for MySuper submissions.