Pendal COO among new senior hires at Aware Super

The $160 billion fund has named Justin Howell as its chief operating officer for investments alongside new heads of portfolio management and business development.

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Super advisers make up less than 4% of advice market

Financial advisers working at super funds make up just 3.8 per cent of the financial advice industry while the number of licensees make up less than 1 per cent.

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Cyber security in the spotlight as privacy concerns grow

With three-quarters of Australians viewing data breaches as one of the biggest privacy risks today, the amount of data requested and handled by their super fund remains a growing priority.

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Women could be $192k better off at retirement with advice

A 50-year-old woman who seeks advice stands to be $192,000 better off in retirement, while the figure stands at a whopping $472,000 if they start at 35, according to new modelling.

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Aware Super launches term deposits option

Aware Super members with minimum account balances of $15,000 can now invest a portion of their super dir

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ART and AusSuper working together on super advice

Australian Retirement Trust and AustralianSuper are understood to be working together on how the two largest super funds can best help their members with advice.

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No fund or trustee has ‘fully cracked’ the RIC: APRA

APRA is worried that it “cannot be confident” that super fund trustees are adequately implementing the Retirement Income Covenant, and work is needed on three key areas.

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Class action against QSuper garners 15,000 claimants

Some 15,000 super fund members have signed up for a lawsuit against QSuper, alleging they were wrongly charged excessive premiums for their life insurance policies.

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FEAL Fund Exec of the Year winner announced

A leading superannuation fund chief executive has been named as Fund Executive of the Year by the Fund Executive Association Ltd.

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Generative AI to transform fund member experience

As generative AI evolves in its capabilities, the member communications of Australia’s biggest super funds could become more tailored and sophisticated.

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