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Superannuation

Scale not what it used to be

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
The SelectingSuper awards shortlist for 2014 shows that scale isn't the factor it once was.

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Less than half of retail workplace default account balances have been transferred across into MySuper products, raising concerns the slow retail MySuper transition is costing retail super fund members hundreds of millions of dollars in extra fees.

ING low-fee super hits $1bn mark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
ING DIRECT Living Super has reached the $1 billion funds under management milestone two years after entering the Australian market.

First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
First Super will vote against the re-election of two Commonwealth Bank (CBA) board members who served during the bank's financial advice scandal.

QSuper number one for member satisfaction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
QSuper has the most satisfied members of any superannuation fund in the country, according to a new report by Engaged Marketing.

VicSuper to offer Challenger annuities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
VicSuper has joined forces with Challenger to offer two new annuity products for its retired members.

Highest paid execs in super revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Superannuation funds have publicly disclosed how much they pay their senior executive staff, revealing pay packages ranging from the low hundreds of thousands of dollars to over a million dollars a year.

BNP Paribas top custodian for client satisfaction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
BNP Paribas has emerged as the top Australian custodian when it comes to client satisfaction, beating the likes of Citi, J.P. Morgan and NAB Asset Servicing (NAS), in the Global Custodian Agent Banks in Major Markets Survey 2014.

Industry funds to in-house customer experience

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Industry funds are bringing their customer experience capabilities in-house in a bid to compete against the big four banks in social media and data analytics, J.P.Morgan and Deloitte digital experts said.

NZ Super terminates AMP Capital mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has terminated AMP Capital's New Zealand active equities mandate, effective from 30 October.