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Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... program director Brendan Coates has slammed the government's superannuation tax concessions, reinforcing his view that the super system is no longer being used to fund retirements. "The concessions available through superannuation, they are very generous. ...

Dodgy dentist defrauds members after draining super for medical procedures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... leader Sarah Marshman believes more than 130 patients of Perth dentist David Hurst were persuaded to withdraw from their super to pay for expensive and often unnecessary treatments. Some patients paid more than $70,000 in advance for procedures that ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... issues include consumers being lured by clickbait ads on social media or websites that encourage them to "find their lost super" or participate in a "super health check" for free. Another is financial advice being provided by a telemarketer and recommending ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has championed the flexibility of a principles-based approach to corporate governance as essential for effective oversight, risk management, and accountability, warning against a 'tick-the-box' approach in its submission ...

ESSSuper, UniSuper spearhead member satisfaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... increase in superannuation member satisfaction, a new survey from Investment Trends reveals. The 17th edition of the 2025 Super Member Engagement Report saw super funds' improved service strategies pay off, with Net Promoter Score (NPS) rising from ...

AFCA urges adviser clarity on SMSF wholesale investor test

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... the Corporations Act, where Section 761G (6) says that when a financial service relates to a superannuation product, the super fund must hold $10 million in assets to be treated as a wholesale investor," they told the recent AFCA Member Forum. "Further ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... manages, including shuttering one. The Tiffany & Co. Superannuation Plan has closed as of June 20 with members transferred to a Super Savings Accumulation account with ART. As a result, the structure of insurance, its costs and terms and conditions have ...

ART overhaul sees senior portfolio managers exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... of Julie Bingham, the chief enterprise services officer, and Helen Mills, the general manager of enterprise design as the super fund's move to to streamline its operations and restructure its leadership pick up pace. These departures follow the recent ...

Wealth groups tap operations leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... led the team that has been the driving force behind this growth." Tang, who is a director of the NSW chapter of Women In Super, previously worked in various businesses at Macquarie Group.

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Termination payments for chief executives of the largest ASX-listed firms decreased significantly in FY24, hitting the lowest levels in 15 years. However, in the same period, those at companies outside of the ASX 100 rose considerably. Research by the ...