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What you read in 2021

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
In another year of lockdowns and uncertainty, Financial Standard 's most read stories show all eyes were on the changing nature of the superannuation sector. Industry consolidation and the Your Future, Your Super performance test underscore the ...

Labor pledges calm in superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... not introduce major changes. Shadow minister Stephen Jones pledged more stability and less uncertainty for the super industry following years of tumult at Industry Super Australia's event this morning. "We're not going to play 52 Pick-up if we ...

Aware Super chief executive named Fund Executive of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... year, recognises a superannuation fund executive who has made an outstanding contribution to their fund and the super industry. At a dinner attended by more than 90 industry guests in Sydney and live streamed to FEAL members around the country last night ...

ASIC reviews super calculators

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... Covenant. Seeking industry feedback until 28 January 2022, the corporate regulator launched a consultation with the super industry and is also inviting consumer groups and actuaries for their input. ASIC wants to provide "longstanding relief from personal ...

Future Fund becoming more expensive to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... to a fund manager, costs should be compared to a super fund's investment fees, which on average is 0.7%. The super industry has recently slammed a government recommendation that the Future Fund be exempt from disclosing commercially sensitive information. ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The super industry is calling for mandated consistency on portfolio holdings disclosure after it was recommended the Future Fund be exempt from disclosing commercially sensitive information. The Senate Committee report released this week on disclosure ...

Super funds don't vote together: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... House of Representatives committee looking into common ownership of ASX companies has continued this week, with the super industry hitting back at suggestions that funds act in unison. Yesterday, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) ...

Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... in recent weeks on the back of senator Andrew Bragg's recent paper on the topic. Bragg referred to the current super industry as a "closed cartel" with high fees and low competition. He proposed the Future Fund become the default option for workers ...

Time to weed out dud funds: Delaney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... skating by in the industry for too long, and not getting the results members deserve. "The dirty secret of the super industry is that most funds don't do much better than a passive portfolio," he said. "If you can't make money, if you can't ...

Bravura appoints head of Sonata Alta

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... new hires, it said. "Nicole is a highly accomplished leader who comes to Bravura with a deep experience of the super industry and brings a strong vision of the future operating models for superannuation fund servicing...[She] is deeply experienced in ...