NEWS & INSIGHTS

GAME PLAN

Is effective member engagement an art or a science? AMY BRADDON from SUPERFUNDS magazine explores the power of connecting with members through experience, entertainment and gamification. Member engagement is a long-standing item on the…

AIA TO PARTNER WITH SUPERED TO PROVIDE INSURANCE HELP

In a release made on 17 March 2017, AIA Australia, Australia’s largest group life insurer announced their partnership with SuperEd. Read an excerpt from the release. AIA Australia is pleased to announce a partnership with digital financial advice provider SuperEd to…

ASFA SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS NEW THINKING ON ADVICE

Adapted from Jeremy Duffield’s speech at ASFA 2015 Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, speaking at ASFA 2015, talked about mankind’s push to get to Mars as our next great space challenge.  Buzz claimed “Our future is in space.”  Well, the super industry may…

SUPERED JOINS FINTECH AUSTRALIA

FinTech Australia is a national, not-for-profit organisation with a vision to help make Australia one of the world’s leading markets for Fintech Innovation and Investment. With such a strong alignment with SuperEd’s mission, we have recently become a FinTech…

THE MOST EXPENSIVE MISTAKE RETIREES CAN MAKE

Analysis by SuperEd has found that single retirees are on average losing $37,000 in age pension entitlements due to delays in applying for the age pension while couples are typically losing close to $60,000. SuperEd’s review of data from its Retirement Essentials…

FINANCIAL LITERACY IS KEY

The mandatory nature of Australia’s super system means that most people are responsible for making important financial decisions about their retirement. But how well equipped is the average Australian to make decisions about super and retirement planning?…

MULTI-CHANNEL ADVICE IS THE WAY FORWARD

Written by Scott Machin on 25 February 2015. Do your members have the tools and advice they need to make the right decisions to optimise their retirement income? The Australian super system makes the individual responsible for their own retirement success. But the…

PERSONALISATION MAKES SENSE

Why? Everyone is different Is there a typical member? Even if two people are in the same industry, with a similar income they won’t have the same investment goals. The personal financial situations will be different, so it makes sense to personalise their super…

THE TREND TO PERSONALISATION

When super was first introduced, there was little choice and less personalisation. Engagement with super was extremely low and only wealthy people had personalised financial strategies, prepared for them by their financial planner. Fast forward about 25 years….

THINK RETIREMENT INCOME

To fulfil the promise of superannuation, super funds must now shift their focus from the accumulation of super to the decumulation phase.  To do this successfully, funds certainly need product, service and advice solutions, but they also need to shift the…