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Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
The increasing dominance of giant technology stocks poses "significant challenges" for superannuation funds and other institutional investors, as index solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... Treasury draft proposal obtained by Financial Standard outlines voluntary principles for the design and delivery of superannuation retirement income solutions, extending beyond the obligations of the Retirement Income Covenant. The principles seek to ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... Mandala, in conjunction with Super Members Council and IFM Investors. The Going Global report said Australians' superannuation assets are one of the largest and fastest growing pools of retirement savings in the world. "As the system has grown and matured ...

Iress posts strong profit rebound, completes transformation program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... on the prior year, which Iress attributed to the divestment of non-strategic assets - the most recent being its superannuation business sale to Apex Group following a strategic review last month. During the 2024 financial year, Iress divested three non-strategic ...

Cost-of-living continues to rock retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... them. "While just over half don't expect to achieve a comfortable retirement, it doesn't mean that they can't." CFS Superannuation chief executive Kelly Power agrees with Powe's suggestion on seeking financial advice, claiming those who receive advice ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Superannuation, investment management, and banking leaders will descend on Washington DC and New York next week to showcase a super system poised to channel hundreds of billions into the US over the next decade. In a statement, representatives of super ...

UniSuper targets 'missing middle' with new digital advice offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... UniSuper has formed a strategic partnership with Ignition Advice to provide its members with personal advice on superannuation, insurance, investments, and retirement options. The $149 billion industry fund said the partnership expands its financial ...

Multiple account bungle costs AustralianSuper $27m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said this penalty reflects the severity of the misconduct by Australia's largest superannuation fund which betrayed the trust of its members and did not act in their best financial interests. "This was exacerbated by a systemic ...

SMSF Association names annual award winners

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... has recognised four of its members at the 2025 SMSF National Conference, citing their excellence in self-managed superannuation and their contribution to the sector. The 2024 CEO Award was posthumously awarded to former Foxton Financial director Brooke ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... member consultation, marking a significant "milestone" in making it easier for First Nations people to access their superannuation. The guidance note is developed in collaboration with the First Nations Foundation (FNF) and the Indigenous Super Working ...