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What super funds should know about Gen Z

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
New research from industry super fund NGS Super has revealed what Gen Z wants from a super fund and their attitudes to saving and investing. According to the research, 73% of Gen Z participants said the pandemic encouraged them to save more, 31% said ...

Test-induced movement marginal: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... Super has committed to merging with AustralianSuper and VISSF is merging with Aware Super. ACSRF was planning a merger with NGS but those discussions broke down, as did plans for EISS Super to merge with TWUSUPER. Maritime Super also acted ahead of the ...

SCA slams five super funds' junk insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... Australia is calling out several superannuation funds for maintaining junk insurance that embed restrictive disability tests. NGS Super, AMP, TelstraSuper, Prime Super and Spirit Super carry the most restrictive insurance policies compared to other funds ...

Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... funds are still failing to support ESG proposals," he said. Eight funds supported more than 50% of ESG proposals in 2020: NGS Super (86%), Vision Super (79%), Cbus (71%), Active Super (64%), HESTA (63%), Energy Super (59%), AustralianSuper (57%) and ...

NGS Super hikes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Two days after shelving a planned merger, NGS Super informed members of plans to increase fees on some investment options from October. A spokesperson for the fund said the fee increases "has no connection" to its scrapped merger with Australian Catholic ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Additionally, Maritime has pooled its investment assets with Hostplus. Meanwhile, ACSRF which failed the test was due to merge with NGS (which passed), but both funds scrapped the plans last week. "Trustees of the 13 products that failed the test now ...

NGS, ACSRF shelve merger plans

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
After 12 months of discussions, Sydney's Australian Catholic Superannuation and NGS Super have shelved their plans to merge and create a $21.5 billion fund. The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2020, after years of informal discussions ...

Super fund reduces fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... members and access to our team of financial planners by video conference." ACSRF is currently working towards a merger with NGS, with a view to signing a Heads of Agreement shortly. If confirmed, the funds will look to merge early next year.

NGS Super awards $150m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... picked an external manager for a $150 million allocation to global small caps. American Century Investments will invest the NGS allocation through its global small cap strategy. "We believe our differentiated growth-oriented small cap strategy is a natural ...

ESG lead departs super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... Australia and New Zealand, transferring from the firm's London office. ACSRF is currently in the process of merging with NGS Super. Once the merger is complete in 2022 the combined fund will have more than $22 billion in members' retirement savin ...