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Super needs improvement: Report card

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... The pandemic also saw many governments open the floodgates to pension benefits. Australia's early release of super scheme enabled members whose income had dropped by more than 20% to access up to $20,000. India allowed partial withdrawals for COVID-19 ...

AMP awards mandate to BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... part of NZWM's move to a predominantly index-based strategy, including for clients in its NZ$6.2 billion KiwiSaver Scheme, the default pension for more than 200,000 members. AMP is one of the nine default providers to the scheme, appointed by the ...

Sunsuper cops rating downgrades

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... reassuring that Sunsuper did not run into any problems with demand for liquidity as a result of early release of super scheme. Furthermore, Morningstar noted the industry fund's strong governance and investment expertise capitalises on its inflows ...

BT cuts Wealth Connect

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
BT has proposed changes to its Wealth Connect business which could see at least 38 roles become redundant, as Westpac continues to review its wealth platform, superannuation, investments and insurance businesses. BT's Wealth Connect team provides ...

Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... delivering quality experiences, particularly during a turbulent period and just as members jumped on the Early Release Scheme. It assessed several categories like communication, and the emotional well-being of customers. Customer service, in terms of ...

Man arrested over investment scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... financial investments and fraudulent activity," he said. "ASIC's investigation has prevented any further investments in the scheme and any additional harm to consumers."

Fresh fundies outperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... The fund was backed by a seed investor in July 2018, with Moors and Quinn launching the unregistered managed investment scheme to wholesale and accredited Australian and Singaporean investors in March 2020. While Moors said the investment manager so ...

Northern Trust scores $20bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... Northern Trust to provide asset servicing solutions, such as custody, financial reporting and analytics, to the M&S Pension Scheme, a defined benefit pension scheme of which M&SPT is trustee. The scheme has about £11 billion in assets, making it one ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... state and federal authorities in separate settlements. One case relates to the bank's role in a massive tax-evasion scheme, while the other concerns its role in a money-laundering conspiracy with soccer federation FIFA. Sweden's Swedbank was ...

Advice reforms to be legislated: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
After having previously been placed on hold, the single disciplinary body for financial advisers and the compensation scheme of last resort is set to be legislated by mid-2021. Speaking at the 2020 Association of Financial Advisers Vision Conference ...