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Mega super fund opens first international office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... and this is the next logical step for us to expand our investment capability," Patrick said. "The team in Australian Retirement Trust's UK office will work with external investment managers to source new investment opportunities for our more than 2.3 ...

Proposed super tax obfuscates legacy pensions rules: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... number of these legacy pensions by giving individuals the opportunity to take up new more innovative account-based retirement income products. This in turn will make the administration of Division 296 a whole lot simpler and efficient for taxpayers ...

Actuaries Institute proposes new performance test measure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... financial interests. However, the Institute didn't support expanding the test to include more investment options such as retirement products, single sector or externally managed options, and self-managed super funds.

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Australians believe they need $1.6 million to be financially comfortable in retirement, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) finds, but they cannot agree on what living comfortably looks like. This is well above Association of Superannuation ...

Vanguard backs current performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... said. She also noted the importance of continuing to include fees in the performance test because of its impact on retirement savings. "Fee transparency not only allows members to assess and compare costs between funds, but also drives competition across ...

UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... horizon aligns both with the nature of the investments and with UniSuper's members many of whom would be investing their retirement savings for many years to come. UniSuper said the move comes as it continues to work towards its objective to achieve ...

Two Brisbane advice firms merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... Hitchcock said. Located in Brisbane's Cleveland, Blue Harbour was established in 2002 and specialises in superannuation, retirement, and estate planning. Cook recently told sister publication FS Advice why he's a strong advocate for guiding the next ...

ESSSuper faces class action threat over unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... payments for the affected transport workers. "Time is of the essence; we are seeing workers who are delaying their retirement after fighting for years to ensure they receive the fair superannuation entitlements that they deserve," Naughton said. "ESSSuper ...

ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... organisations from right across the superannuation community and the 18 million Australians who rely on our members for good retirement outcomes," Delahunty said. "James comes to super with more than a decade of public policy experience, having held ...

Job flexibility, labour market delay retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... tight labour market are keeping more Australians at work, research from KPMG finds, giving rise to a delay in their retirement. The analysis found that men are retiring at 66.2 years old, from 63.3 years old two decades ago, while women are pushing retirement ...
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