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‘Looks pretty murky’: Senate grills service providers on Cbus claims delays

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Life insurer TAL and super fund administrator MUFG Pension & Market Services (formerly Link) have been questioned by the Senate about their respective roles in delays to insurance claims lodged by Cbus members. TAL has disputed the characterisation of its relationship with Cbus as providing incentives for the fund to deny or delay claims, while MUFG declined to say whether it agreed with Cbus chair Wayne Swan’s assertion that the delays were its fault.

Crypto sceptics question AMP’s bitcoin bet

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AMP Super has become the first Australian super fund, and one of the first global pension investors, to allocate money into cryptocurrency. It gained the exposure through an internal quant trading program of bitcoin futures in its DAA program. Sceptical observers say the level of interest in cryptocurrency from funds is “very correlated” with market highs, but the lack of economic fundamentals weakens the long-term investment case.

‘Working ourselves into redundancy’: 30 years of Women in Super

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Women in Super celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024, and it’s come a long way from being a breakfast networking event to now being a 5000-member-strong organisation. Founded by the late industry super architect Mavis Robertson, the advocacy organisation has the ambitious goal of “working itself into redundancy”, but for now, chief executive Jo Kowalczyk says its work is unfinished.

AustralianSuper, NEST open up on challenges of growth and culture

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The challenges faced by Australia’s largest superannuation fund, AustralianSuper, have some strong parallels with the challenges faced by the UK’s largest defined-contribution fund, NEST. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium at the University of Oxford heard how each fund is leaning into its growth challenges from a cultural and investment perspective.

Navigating today’s global challenges to reimagine tomorrow’s markets

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Published in Partnership with MFS Investment Management. Simultaneous global challenges such as inequality, environmental degradation, financial instability and fragile supply chains are challenging contemporary capitalism’s ability to cope. MFS Investment Management president Carol Geremia says it is time to consider a new approach to build resilience and ensure long-term sustainability in markets and societies. The … Read more

Insignia CEO questions insourced admin, slashes 25pc of headcount

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Insignia Financial has shifted to outsource administration of its $180 billion superannuation assets, inking a deal with SS&C and reassigning 1300 workers to the service provider during the process. The decision stands in stark contrast to peers such as Aware Super, which recently internalised member services, but CEO Scott Hartley said that option is a “costly exercise”.

Key to the retirement puzzle is adviser and fund collaboration

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The needs of members in retirement are highly individualised, and retirement solutions are complex. Matching solutions to members’ needs is a specialised task that most funds are ill-equipped to perform. The Researcher Forum has heard the key to getting it right for members is collaboration between funds and financial advisers.

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Investment Magazine provides in-depth, monthly analysis of trends and developments for all the businesses in which superannuation funds engage‚ including asset allocation, investment manager selection, custody and fund accounting, member administration, group insurance and compliance.

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