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Labor stands by super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... will not stand by and see it chipped away. "We want to make it better." Albanese also said the imbalance between super savings and men and women "must be addressed", noting women retire with around half the average super of men and in some cases none ...

FSC hails super choice amendments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... required under outdated superannuation laws to have multiple accounts. This erodes their capacity to maximise their super savings." The bill reintroduces changes to the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 which were originally sought in ...

Super funds set to dominate ASX: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... in the superannuation guarantee set to play a major part. According to Deloitte, the 275% growth in Australia's super savings will see the sector's investment in Australian shares grow to around 60% of the market capitalisation of the ASX, as long as ...

IFM pushes into large scale private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... appropriate. "The longer term focus of industry super funds' and IFM's flexible structures and strategy to maximise members super savings is suited to making longer term investments in market-leading, large-scale businesses. Jeremy Larkin will lead this ...

Women overlooked by retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... rate of poverty for retired women continues to rise, and noted women retire on average with just over half of the super savings of their male counterparts. Wood said it was therefore "vital" for the report to examine how policy settings and structural ...

AMP shamed by CHOICE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... AMP a Shonky for its "grossly underperforming" superannuation division, highlighting the AMP Retirement Trust and Super Savings Trust products. The consumer advocacy group said 55.5% of AMP's superannuation customer base comes from inactive accounts ...

National Seniors partners with retirement funder

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... retirees according to chief executive Joshua Funder. "Australians are living longer but many do not have enough super savings to provide sufficient income throughout retirement," Funder said. "We've fielded calls from financial advisers, brokers and ...

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... superannuation as possible. The outreach program reunited more than 500 Indigenous Australians with over $9.5 million in super savings, and it did it all without dedicated funding support. First Nations Foundation chief executive Amanda Young said the ...

Super working in favour of all members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... ($126,348), Queensland ($123,636), Western Australia ($119,980) and the Northern Territory ($95,170) tend to have lower super savings. Some regions proved to be outliers. Kooyong ($312,746), Higgins ($279,307) and Goldstein ($277,511) for example, had ...

Industry bodies react to APRA review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... comparable performance data, notably for non-default 'choice' super products where more than $1 trillion of super savings is invested, has been the Achilles heel of our super system," Goodwin said. " She added it was in members' interests ...