Posts tagged member
Six Reasons Super Funds Must Make The Switch To Biometric Authentication 

Consumer scams, identity theft and fraud have boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic prompting superannuation funds to bolster fraud prevention strategy. Upgrading from insecure pins, challenge questions and two-step code verifications is a critical security measure in the fraud prevention framework to protect member accounts from a multitude of current and imminent threats.

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Super Fund Mergers - Who Is Paying And What Are They Paying For?

A Successor Fund Transfer (SFT) or merge is an opportunity for funds to create greater scale that can be readily translated to benefits for the member. In an environment of increasing investor advocacy, a merge that builds “cultural” scale could be an alternative for funds with a strong member voice.

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Key Due Diligence Considerations For A Merger

One of the most important components of the due diligence process in superannuation fund mergers are cost projections and agreeing on who’s members are paying for what. There are many risks involved in mergers, but equally there are opportunity costs and risks associated with not doing it

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Fund Merger Costs - What To Consider Before Funds Think About A Merger

One of the most important components of the due diligence process in superannuation fund mergers are cost projections and agreeing on who’s members are paying for what. There are many risks involved in mergers, but equally there are opportunity costs and risks associated with not doing it

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Chat Busy – Superannuation Contact Centre Overflow And Record Member Engagement

Contact centre overflow at superannuation funds and third-party administrators has relied upon incredible ingenuity and innovation to manage extreme demand amid the COVID-19 crisis. Current inbound member enquiry is consistently greater than double the norm with major spikes observed tripling and quadrupling enquiry rates.

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Superannuation fund operational expenditure - increasing or decreasing?

Data recently released by APRA provides a high-level picture of the trends in operational expenditure by most large superannuation funds in Australia. 

QMV’s analysis of the data shows that since 2004, with the growing scale of assets within the superannuation system means…

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