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Industry groups hammer out guidance on tax-deductible advice fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... of a legitimate tax deduction for advice fees with confidence. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand superannuation and financial services leader Tony Negline said the guide will help advisers and the accounting community to understand the ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... they'd be unable to cope financially for more than three months if they lost their job or unable to work. CFS superannuation chief executive Kelly Power one in five men and one in three women say their mental health has been negatively impacted by ...

Aware Super cuts fees for retiree members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... ways we can do that," Aware Super group executive member growth Steve Travis said. "We're now the third biggest superannuation fund in Australia and we invest $190 billion on behalf of our 1.2 million members. We want to share the benefit of our size ...

Challenger adds to board director lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... Whitter brings more than 25 years of experience across digital and software industries and was involved in the superannuation sector. He is currently the non-executive director of Metcash, Michael Hill International and is the founder and executive director ...

'Tensions' identified between FAR and other requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
The chief executives of several superannuation funds sat down with ASIC and APRA for a roundtable to discuss key issues related to the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). As part of the discussions, the super fund chiefs emphasised the importance ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... super, according to Australia Institute chief economist Greg Jericho. The debate over taxing the wealthy's superannuation has overshadowed a growing issue for low-income earners: fewer are receiving the Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO). Cbus research ...

ANZ Staff Super loses investment head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... leadership changes extend beyond ANZ Staff Super, with chair Janet Torney departing after two years to join Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. Torney will replace long-serving chair Garry Hounsell, who completed nine years on the CSC board. Finance ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... MySuper account holder. Russell compared the performance of its age-based MySuper solution, GoalTracker, to the superannuation industry's MySuper options, using Chant West data, over the five years to March 2025. It calculated that 14.5 million MySuper ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Australian superannuation funds Hostplus and NGS Super, among other major investors, have contributed to a US$300 million ($466 million) capital raise for a Melbourne-found global financial platform. The two super funds were some of the lead investors ...

ASFA, EY release guidance on CPS 230

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and EY have released guidance to help superannuation trustees navigate key aspects of APRA's new prudential standard, CPS 230. CPS 230 will come into effect on July 1, making super trustees ...