Superannuation Round Table
Tue, 04 June
|RACV City Club
What do fit for purpose, cost effective operating models into the next decade look like for smaller superannuation funds to best serve the future needs of members?


Time & Location
04 June 2024, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm AEST
RACV City Club, 501 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
About the event
The roundtable will be co-facilitated by:
Jenni Harding, Managing Director, Harbridge Optimal Performance
Andrew Proebstl, former Chief Executive, legalsuper
1. Setting the scene (12.00pm – 12.20pm)
Jenni & Andrew will make some opening observations about the current and future landscapes to set the scene for the roundtable’s discussion.
Drivers
Costs/scale
Regulator pressure to merge
Continuous increase in compliance and member service burden combined with an expectation that costs/fees be kept down
Member experience
Playing to strengths (not trying to compete with the behemoths via internal service offerings)
Minimising risk
Raising standards
Best practice (from efficient/effective to positively deviant)
Wholistic approach
Points of difference
Competitive advantage
Able to be nimble relative to the behemoths
Closer to members
Cost savings
2. Informal lunch (12.20pm – 12.40pm)
3. Break-out workshop (12.40pm – 1.20pm)
The attendees will break into two groups, facilitated by Jenni and Andrew.
Group #1: Which services lend themselves to being delivered via a collective service capability? Which don’t lend themselves to being delivered via a collection service capability and why?
Group #2: Challenges and opportunities for smaller funds over the next decade in the landscape of increasing challenge by regulators and growing competition from the mega funds.
4. Feedback from break-out workshops (1.20pm – 1.40pm)
The groups will report back to the full group with findings and issues arising to be discussed.
5. Next steps (1.40pm – 2.00pm)
Having regard to the findings of the roundtable, gauge the interest of attendees in progressing the opportunities arising from discussion at the roundtable.
We look forward to welcoming you to a fruitful roundtable discussion and workshop.