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Superannuation

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
British Airways is taking one of its pension fund's trustees to court over increases in payments to the airline's retired workers.

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper.

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it supported open discussion at the National Reform Summit and believes the focus should remain on directing resources where the super system needs improvement.

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Activism from fund members and social media users concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues could end up hurting superannuation returns.

Price is wrong for supermarket super

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
Over three quarters (76.3%) of Australians would never consider a Coles or Woolworths public offer superannuation fund, according to CoreData research.

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
Superannuation funds are reassuring members not to panic amidst global share market turbulence because it is unlikely to have significant impact over the long term.

Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
First State Super will be the first of Pillar Administration's clients to roll out a full migration to superannuation and investment software program Acurity.

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Governance concerns and member pressure were behind HESTA and NGS Super's decision to divest from Transfield, but a closer look at the company revealed considerable investment risk.

Australians are hardly retirement ready

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Australians on the verge of retirement are least likely to be retirement ready according to new analysis from Commonwealth Bank.

Intra-fund advice can be improved: WSSA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) chief executive Douglas Latto believes more can be done to improve intra-fund advice for superannuation members in a system that is currently reactive and lacking penetration.