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GESB renews administration mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
The fund for Western Australian public sector workers has renewed its mandate with MUFG Retirement Solutions. MUFG Retirement Solutions, formerly Link Group, has held the mandate since July 2014 when the Western Australian government first outsourced ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... adviser "to provide safe and simple advice to Australia, such as choosing an insurance policy or basic questions about retirement." This new class of adviser will only be able to provide advice on products issued by prudentially regulated entities - ...

Trustees, advisers have 'insufficient focus' on performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... commissioner Alan Kirkland had told financial advisers and superannuation trustees that more needs to be done to ensure better retirement outcomes for Australians. It comes after ASIC released its superannuation choice products and their focus on performance. ...

Centrepoint Alliance launches long-awaited IconiQ platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... investment options consolidated under a simple user interface. Meanwhile, Super Wrap offers accumulation, transition to retirement and pension options, allowing advisers to manage portfolios in a low-cost interface. Centrepoint said the launch of IconiQ ...

Sally Auld to take on chief economist role at NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... customers, government and policy makers. We are grateful for his service and wish him the very best in his well-deserved retirement." Oster said it has been a fantastic job, building and working with a great team at NAB. "Thank you to NAB's customers ...

TelstraSuper and Equip Super merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... member-representative directors. The funds said the merger is expected to achieve significant scale benefits and deliver improved retirement outcomes to the members of each fund, whilst maintaining the personalised service that each fund currently delivers. ...

WA super law reforms boost GESB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... cancel insurance in inactive accounts and transfer them to the ATO. "GESB has a long history of managing the super and retirement savings of current and former WA public sector employees," WA's Treasurer Rita Saffioti said. "These commonsense changes ...

$3m super tax faces axe, pushed to 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... said there are fears around the alliance between the Labor party and the Greens, who want even more taxes applied to retirement savings. "My hope is if the Labor party do form minority government with the far-left party, they have even less numbers in ...

Prime Super refreshes executive lineup

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... services," she said, speaking for the first time since taking the helm of the $7.5 billion super fund. The revamp sees the retirement of two long-serving executives from distribution and finance. The superannuation fund's distribution lead Mark Ashburn ...

Objective of super enshrined in law

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023, the objective of superannuation is "to preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement, alongside government support, in an equitable and sustainable way". The legislated objective comes 32 years after ...