Change of Status of NAB Staff Super Fund to "For-Profit"
Phillip Sweeney made this Freedom of Information request to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
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Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
The National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A was established by a Trust Deed executed on 12 December 1985.
Recital A of the Trust Deed was as follows:
“The Bank has decided to establish and maintain a fund to be known as “The National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A” solely for the purpose of providing superannuation benefits of the kind set out in this Deed for certain of its employees and for certain employes of any Associated Company and their dependents in the circumstances set out in this Deed.”
On 28 April 2006 APRA registered this not-for-profit corporate fund with registration number R1005103.
The Trustee in 2006 was National Australia Bank Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd with RSE licence Number L0001953.
The trustee had an equal-representation board governance structure.
For the year ending 30 June 2014 this trustee was still the trustee of the fund.
During the following year, there was a change of trustee to PFS Nominees Pty Ltd and the fund status was changed from “not-for-profit” to “for-profit” status.
PFS Nominees Pty Ltd had a non-equal representation board governance structure.
The documents I seek are any correspondence between either trustee and APRA related to the change in trustee from National Australia Bank Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd to PFS Nominees Pty Ltd and the change in fund status from “not-for-profit” to “for-profit”.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
Dear Mr Sweeney,
I acknowledge receipt of your FOI request dated 7 July 2020. We are
processing your request and will respond soon.
Regards,
FOI OFFICER
T 02 9210 3000 | E [1][APRA request email]
AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY
1 Martin Place (Level 12), Sydney, NSW 2000
GPO Box 9836, Sydney, NSW 2001
T 02 9210 3000 | W [2]www.apra.gov.au
[3]Title: Australian Coat of Arms and APRA logo
-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Sweeney
[mailto:[FOI #6472 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 7 July 2020 3:43 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Change of Status of NAB Staff
Super Fund to "For-Profit"
Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
The National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A was established by
a Trust Deed executed on 12 December 1985.
Recital A of the Trust Deed was as follows:
“The Bank has decided to establish and maintain a fund to be known as “The
National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A” solely for the
purpose of providing superannuation benefits of the kind set out in this
Deed for certain of its employees and for certain employes of any
Associated Company and their dependents in the circumstances set out in
this Deed.”
On 28 April 2006 APRA registered this not-for-profit corporate fund with
registration number R1005103.
The Trustee in 2006 was National Australia Bank Superannuation Fund Pty
Ltd with RSE licence Number L0001953.
The trustee had an equal-representation board governance structure.
For the year ending 30 June 2014 this trustee was still the trustee of the
fund.
During the following year, there was a change of trustee to PFS Nominees
Pty Ltd and the fund status was changed from “not-for-profit” to
“for-profit” status.
PFS Nominees Pty Ltd had a non-equal representation board governance
structure.
The documents I seek are any correspondence between either trustee and
APRA related to the change in trustee from National Australia Bank
Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd to PFS Nominees Pty Ltd and the change in fund
status from “not-for-profit” to “for-profit”.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Thank you for this acknowledgement
Yours sincerely,
Phillip Sweeney
Dear Mr Sweeney,
APRA seeks your agreement to extend the timeframe by 10 days to process
the below request under s 15AA(a) of the FOI Act. APRA is due to make a
decision on your request by 6 August 2020 but requires an extension of
time to undertake further consultation and would appreciate your agreement
to extend the time for processing it. Should you agree to the requested 10
day extension, APRA will be required to make a decision on your request by
16 August 2020.
Please advise in writing if you consent to this extension of time.
Kind regards,
FOI OFFICER
T 02 9210 3000 | E [1][APRA request email]
AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY
1 Martin Place (Level 12), Sydney, NSW 2000
GPO Box 9836, Sydney, NSW 2001
T 02 9210 3000 | W [2]www.apra.gov.au
[3]Title: Australian Coat of Arms and APRA logo
-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Sweeney <[FOI #6472 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 7 July 2020 3:43 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Change of Status of NAB Staff
Super Fund to "For-Profit"
Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
The National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A was established by
a Trust Deed executed on 12 December 1985.
Recital A of the Trust Deed was as follows:
“The Bank has decided to establish and maintain a fund to be known as “The
National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A” solely for the
purpose of providing superannuation benefits of the kind set out in this
Deed for certain of its employees and for certain employes of any
Associated Company and their dependents in the circumstances set out in
this Deed.”
On 28 April 2006 APRA registered this not-for-profit corporate fund with
registration number R1005103.
The Trustee in 2006 was National Australia Bank Superannuation Fund Pty
Ltd with RSE licence Number L0001953.
The trustee had an equal-representation board governance structure.
For the year ending 30 June 2014 this trustee was still the trustee of the
fund.
During the following year, there was a change of trustee to PFS Nominees
Pty Ltd and the fund status was changed from “not-for-profit” to
“for-profit” status.
PFS Nominees Pty Ltd had a non-equal representation board governance
structure.
The documents I seek are any correspondence between either trustee and
APRA related to the change in trustee from National Australia Bank
Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd to PFS Nominees Pty Ltd and the change in fund
status from “not-for-profit” to “for-profit”.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
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Dear Freedom of Information,
I agree with your request for a 10 day extension period.
Yours sincerely,
Phillip Sweeney
Dear Mr Sweeney,
Please find attached APRA's Notice of Decision dated 10 August 2020.
Regards,
FOI OFFICER
T 02 9210 3000 | E [1][APRA request email]
AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY
1 Martin Place (Level 12), Sydney, NSW 2000
GPO Box 9836, Sydney, NSW 2001
T 02 9210 3000 | W [2]www.apra.gov.au
[3]Title: Australian Coat of Arms and APRA logo
-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Sweeney <[FOI #6472 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 7 July 2020 3:43 PM
To: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Change of Status of NAB Staff
Super Fund to "For-Profit"
Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
The National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A was established by
a Trust Deed executed on 12 December 1985.
Recital A of the Trust Deed was as follows:
“The Bank has decided to establish and maintain a fund to be known as “The
National Australia Bank Group Superannuation Fund A” solely for the
purpose of providing superannuation benefits of the kind set out in this
Deed for certain of its employees and for certain employes of any
Associated Company and their dependents in the circumstances set out in
this Deed.”
On 28 April 2006 APRA registered this not-for-profit corporate fund with
registration number R1005103.
The Trustee in 2006 was National Australia Bank Superannuation Fund Pty
Ltd with RSE licence Number L0001953.
The trustee had an equal-representation board governance structure.
For the year ending 30 June 2014 this trustee was still the trustee of the
fund.
During the following year, there was a change of trustee to PFS Nominees
Pty Ltd and the fund status was changed from “not-for-profit” to
“for-profit” status.
PFS Nominees Pty Ltd had a non-equal representation board governance
structure.
The documents I seek are any correspondence between either trustee and
APRA related to the change in trustee from National Australia Bank
Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd to PFS Nominees Pty Ltd and the change in fund
status from “not-for-profit” to “for-profit”.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
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Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's handling of my FOI request 'Change of Status of NAB Staff Super Fund to "For-Profit"'.
Both the Commonwealth Bank and the ANZ Bank have retained standalone "not-for-profit" staff superannuation schemes which provide high returns for fund members
APRA's own data reveals that the 10 years average return to 30 June 2019 is 8.2% for the Commonwealth Bank staff fund and 8.0% for the ANZ Staff fund.
The MLC Superannuation fund, which is a NAB owned "for-profit" fund returned only 6.8%
It is a matter of public interest as to why APRA would have approved the change of status of the NAB staff superannuation fund from "not-for-profit" to "for-profit" - a change that would not be in the best interests of the members of the NAB staff superannuation fund.
It is a matter of public interest that in a COMPULSORY superannuation system such a change in fund status would have been approved by APRA.
Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless it would be contrary to the public interest.
It is a matter of public interest as to why staff of the Commonwealth Bank and ANZ Bank have the benefit of being members of top-performing superannuation funds which provide a high degree of transparency as to their administration, whereas APRA approved the change in status of the NAB staff superannuation fund so that there would be a complete lack of transparency as to the administration of the staff fund and underperformance due to profit-taking from members' accounts.
It is also a matter of public interest in that the trustee of the NAB Staff Superannuation fund {since 1 July 2016} is NULIS Nominees (Australia) Ltd that featured at the Hayne Royal Commission and where the conduct of the previous Chairman of NULIS was extensively covered in the media.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-08/n...
In a "for-profit" fund there is a conflict of interest between the interests of shareholders in the parent company and fund members that leads to such misconduct as "Fees For No Service" which is absent in "not-for-profit" superannuation funds.
This conflict of interest was pointed out to Nichole Smith, the previous Chairman of NULIS, during her testimony at the Hayne Royal Commission.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
Dear Mr Sweeney,
I acknowledge receipt of your FOI Internal Review request dated 14 August
2020. We are processing your request and will respond soon.
Regards,
FOI OFFICER
T 02 9210 3000 | E [1][APRA request email]
AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY
1 Martin Place (Level 12), Sydney, NSW 2000
GPO Box 9836, Sydney, NSW 2001
T 02 9210 3000 | W [2]www.apra.gov.au
[3]Title: Australian Coat of Arms and APRA logo
-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Sweeney <[FOI #6472 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 August 2020 8:38 AM
To: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Change of
Status of NAB Staff Super Fund to "For-Profit"
Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority's handling of my FOI request 'Change of Status of NAB
Staff Super Fund to "For-Profit"'.
Both the Commonwealth Bank and the ANZ Bank have retained standalone
"not-for-profit" staff superannuation schemes which provide high returns
for fund members
APRA's own data reveals that the 10 years average return to 30 June 2019
is 8.2% for the Commonwealth Bank staff fund and 8.0% for the ANZ Staff
fund.
The MLC Superannuation fund, which is a NAB owned "for-profit" fund
returned only 6.8%
It is a matter of public interest as to why APRA would have approved the
change of status of the NAB staff superannuation fund from
"not-for-profit" to "for-profit" - a change that would not be in the best
interests of the members of the NAB staff superannuation fund.
It is a matter of public interest that in a COMPULSORY superannuation
system such a change in fund status would have been approved by APRA.
Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless
it would be contrary to the public interest.
It is a matter of public interest as to why staff of the Commonwealth Bank
and ANZ Bank have the benefit of being members of top-performing
superannuation funds which provide a high degree of transparency as to
their administration, whereas APRA approved the change in status of the
NAB staff superannuation fund so that there would be a complete lack of
transparency as to the administration of the staff fund and
underperformance due to profit-taking from members' accounts.
It is also a matter of public interest in that the trustee of the NAB
Staff Superannuation fund {since 1 July 2016} is NULIS Nominees
(Australia) Ltd that featured at the Hayne Royal Commission and where the
conduct of the previous Chairman of NULIS was extensively covered in the
media.
[4]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-08/n...
In a "for-profit" fund there is a conflict of interest between the
interests of shareholders in the parent company and fund members that
leads to such misconduct as "Fees For No Service" which is absent in
"not-for-profit" superannuation funds.
This conflict of interest was pointed out to Nichole Smith, the previous
Chairman of NULIS, during her testimony at the Hayne Royal Commission.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[5]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
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Dear Mr Sweeney,
Please find attached APRA's Internal Review Notice of Decision dated 14
September 2020.
Regards,
FOI OFFICER
T 02 9210 3000 | E [1][APRA request email]
AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY
1 Martin Place (Level 12), Sydney, NSW 2000
GPO Box 9836, Sydney, NSW 2001
T 02 9210 3000 | W [2]www.apra.gov.au
[3]Title: Australian Coat of Arms and APRA logo
-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Sweeney <[FOI #6472 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 August 2020 8:38 AM
To: Freedom of Information <[email address]>
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Change of
Status of NAB Staff Super Fund to "For-Profit"
Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of the Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority's handling of my FOI request 'Change of Status of NAB
Staff Super Fund to "For-Profit"'.
Both the Commonwealth Bank and the ANZ Bank have retained standalone
"not-for-profit" staff superannuation schemes which provide high returns
for fund members
APRA's own data reveals that the 10 years average return to 30 June 2019
is 8.2% for the Commonwealth Bank staff fund and 8.0% for the ANZ Staff
fund.
The MLC Superannuation fund, which is a NAB owned "for-profit" fund
returned only 6.8%
It is a matter of public interest as to why APRA would have approved the
change of status of the NAB staff superannuation fund from
"not-for-profit" to "for-profit" - a change that would not be in the best
interests of the members of the NAB staff superannuation fund.
It is a matter of public interest that in a COMPULSORY superannuation
system such a change in fund status would have been approved by APRA.
Access must generally be given to a conditionally exempt document unless
it would be contrary to the public interest.
It is a matter of public interest as to why staff of the Commonwealth Bank
and ANZ Bank have the benefit of being members of top-performing
superannuation funds which provide a high degree of transparency as to
their administration, whereas APRA approved the change in status of the
NAB staff superannuation fund so that there would be a complete lack of
transparency as to the administration of the staff fund and
underperformance due to profit-taking from members' accounts.
It is also a matter of public interest in that the trustee of the NAB
Staff Superannuation fund {since 1 July 2016} is NULIS Nominees
(Australia) Ltd that featured at the Hayne Royal Commission and where the
conduct of the previous Chairman of NULIS was extensively covered in the
media.
[4]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-08/n...
In a "for-profit" fund there is a conflict of interest between the
interests of shareholders in the parent company and fund members that
leads to such misconduct as "Fees For No Service" which is absent in
"not-for-profit" superannuation funds.
This conflict of interest was pointed out to Nichole Smith, the previous
Chairman of NULIS, during her testimony at the Hayne Royal Commission.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[5]https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
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