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ERS withdrawals surpass $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... continues to lag, releasing funds within five business days 25.3% of the time, and within 10 business days 29.4% of the time. Qantas Super, another fund which has been slow on release times from the beginning, continued the trend, releasing funds within ...

Switching prompts fund to alter allocations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Qantas Super has altered asset allocations across all its investment options in response to COVID-19, market volatility and a high number of members switching options. The $8.5 billion corporate superannuation fund said that the changes would improve ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... offenders, releasing funds within five business days only 15% of the time, and within nine business days only 32.6% of the time. Qantas Super also brought the average down, fulfilling just 51.5% of requests within five business days and 45.6% within ...

Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... payments. The super funds for workers in the industries that have been decimated by COVID-19 including Rest, Hostplus, Qantas Super, Media Super and Sunsuper have also revealed their early release numbers. Industry fund for tourism and hospitality Hostplus' ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... earnings relatively unscathed, and in some cases, rise." Other companies who have suffered from COVID-19 restrictions, like Qantas, Ramsay Health Care, Sonic Healthcare, Transurban, Seek, and Afterpay will rebound, Xiradis said. "The question is not ...

Future Fund not buying the oil dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... see the way that we have a particular view, as a long term investor, to get that exposure." Among superannuation funds, Qantas Super held the biggest direct commodities exposure at $448 million last year, according to APRA data. In total, all superannuation ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... from home. On the flipside, he said travel related companies will continue to be impacted as passenger levels flatline. "Qantas and Sydney Airport, given the significant drop in passenger numbers is calling into question whether both companies have the ...

Super fund director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
A corporate superannuation fund is looking to fill a vacancy on its board of directors following a recent departure. Qantas Super is on the hunt for a new board director to represent Group E, after Hendrik van Calcar stepped down in December. Group ...

Grow Super signs first admin client

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... taxation, financial accounting and member and employer servicing, Wilson said at the time. Also in December, the fund hired Qantas Super's chief operating officer Peter Savage to head the new administration services business. GigSuper announced its ...

Most complained about super funds revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... Mercer Super Trust and Media Super. AMP comes in at sixth, while the rest of the top 10 includes Suncorp Super, Zurich, Qantas Super and TWU Super. Industry or NFP funds are also slightly more complained about than their retail counterparts, though this ...