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Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... Consumers Australia (SCA). In the wake of a review by ASIC into death benefit claims handling practices of superannuation trustees last month, which unearthed systemic failures that force Australians to "suffer the stress" of navigating with a complicated ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
A review of major superannuation trustees by ASIC found that not even one monitored or reported on the full process of death benefit claims handling. The review of superannuation trustees including, Australian Retirement Trust, Avanteos (Colonial First ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... financial advice. Abood also raised concerns that the draft legislation doesn't impose any obligation on superannuation trustees to provide advice on key areas of retirement to consumers, like, estate planning, aged care, and the Age Pension, including ...

BUSSQ abandons appeal, concedes to licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... challenge his ruling. Separately, as previously reported by Financial Standard, APRA is proposing changes to superannuation trustees, insurers, and bank board's governance requirements. The regulator wants to ratchet up minimum standards for the ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...

Multiple account bungle costs AustralianSuper $27m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... take strong action where we consider that members are not getting the service they deserve from their superannuation trustees," Court said. This was the first case that ASIC has brought in its capacity as a co-regulator with APRA alleging contraventions ...

Bragg accuses ASIC of secrecy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... and steps in regard of that." In late 2024 and throughout 2025 so far, ASIC has made several appeals to superannuation trustees to rectify poor claims handling practices. In November 2024, ASIC wrote to super trustees warning them to ensure their claims ...

AMP launching 'market first' digital advice solution for super members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... life," Howes said. AMP's latest solution follows a joint call from APRA and ASIC in June last year for superannuation trustees to step up efforts in tracking and measuring the effectiveness of their strategies to improve retirement outcomes for members. ...

ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has written to superannuation trustees urging them to strengthen anti-scam practices, or risk exposing their members to harm. The open letter, signed by ASIC commissioner Simone Constant, outlined ...

How to simplify super to get better retirement outcomes: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... foreseeable future. Therefore, "we need to find another way," the report said. Mercer recommended that superannuation trustees be allowed to offer members aged between 65 and 75 the option to transfer their accumulated benefit into an eligible retirement ...
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