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MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... for projects. The ACORD award comes on the back of MetLife's re-release of its e-claims platform in August. The first super fund to sign up was Statewide Super, allowing its 140,000 members to lodge and track insurance claims digitally. MetLife is ...

Super funds edge towards a flat 2018

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 DEC 2018
... names at the top of the MySuper/Default performance tables when it mattered. In the 12 months to 31 October 2018, the First Super Employer - Balanced option came out on top, returning 8.1%. Next was Media Super - Balanced and Statewide Super - MySuper ...

Super assets hit new record

STEPHEN FAY, DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... past five years. "The continued outperformance shows it is never too late to consider an industry fund," Dean said. First Super chief executive Bill Watson added to the conversation, attacking a myth that so-called 'sub scale' funds are somehow unsustainable. ...

Best-in-show list addresses insurance gaps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... constantly monitors to ensure it is providing insurance with little or no value, he said. AustralianSuper was the first super fund to offer members under 25 the ability to opt-in to insurance.

First Super to vote against AMP board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... recommendation from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), triggered by findings from the Royal Commission, First Super said it would vote against the re-election of AMP's board at the upcoming annual general meeting. First Super ...

First Super appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
First Super recently appointed a Djab Wurrung elder and indigenous leader as an independent director to its board. Joining the $2.6 billion fund's board from September is Tim Chatfield. He is currently the chief executive of a successful Aboriginal ...

First Super makes board appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
A $2.6 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed an employee representative to its board. Joining the First Super board is Scott McDine. The appointment was effective 1 September. McDine replaces outgoing director Dave Kirner as an employee ...

Best practice drives Media Super appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... Media Super has also created a new, part-time risk manager role, appointing Laurie Kennedy. Kennedy is formerly of First Super, where he held the same role. Kennedy spent four years at First Super, prior to which he held a number of roles at ANZ across ...

First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
First Super will make no new investments in its private equity program as its existing $100 million private equity portfolio is under review. This is being done, the fund said, due to concerns about poor labour practices exhibited by companies in which ...

First Super appoints director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
The First Super board now comprises five female members following the addition of a new director. Janet Gilbert, a legal and industrial relations lawyer with the Timber Trade Industrial Association, joins the industry fund's board as an employer representative. ...