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Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical's superannuation chief Ross Piper has departed the fund and will shortly take up a new role as global chief executive of the Fred Hollows Foundation. Piper confirmed his departure, saying he finished at the $13 billion fund before ...

Financial services minister Stephen Jones to retire from politics

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Stephen Jones is retiring from politics and will not contest the upcoming federal election. Jones spent 15 years as the member for Whitlam - covering Illawarra and the Southern Highlands. In a statement, he expressed "immense gratitude" to his community ...

ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... and harms associated with scams. "For example, they focused on confirming that the person requesting the transfer was the member rather than looking for flags to indicate that the member may have been tricked," Constant said. In addition, ASIC said trustees ...

AFCA chief operating officer departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... user-pays funding model and a major IT transformation project that has integrated a modern case management system, an updated member firm portal and a new portal for consumers," Locke said. Prior to joining AFCA Untersteiner spent more than 13 years ...

SMC pushes for DBFO to curb retiree tax bills

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... On average, this has them paying about $650 extra in tax per year, it said. Breaking down the numbers, the SMC found a member of this cohort with $100,000 in an accumulation account is paying up to an extra $4500 in tax over the course of their retirement. ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Chalmers said the reforms will improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their members, but only revealed the first three target areas which the government ...

AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
AdviceIQ general manager Paul Harding-Davis will retire in April, with the financial advice group for high-net-worth clients naming a Macquarie Group executive as his successor. Harding-Davis told Financial Standard that now is the right time for retirement ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Cbus delivered double-digit returns in 2024, helping to propel its members' assets to the $100 billion mark. The default Growth (MySuper) investment option generated returns of 10.77% for 2024. The fund's High Growth investment option, returned ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... complaints about superannuation funds' service provisions doubled. ASIC said it would publish findings from a review of member services and will not hesitate to take enforcement action where appropriate. The regulator also said it would take aim at any ...

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... make the experience of superannuation simpler and easier for our two million members," Doyle said. "Gideon's strong member focus and commercial acumen will help Rest ensure we can continue to mobilise our strategy into action to help our members ...