Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1211 - 1220 of 18094 results for "Superannuation"

IFM urges investment in housing, hires former Dexus chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... Housing should be next, and the solutions are on the table. There's a genuine opportunity to harness Australia's superannuation savings to help solve our housing crisis," Hayhurst said. "The alternative - a future of deepening housing insecurity ...

Super balances drive household wealth growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... Mish Tan said. "Strong performances in domestic and overseas share markets contributed to the growth in household superannuation balances this quarter." The ABS said share market growth over the September quarter drove super assets to increase 3.5% ($137.4 ...

PE firm acquires Mason Stevens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... business in 2021 and 2022 respectively. The group now also offers outsourced CIO services, managed portfolios, and superannuation. "Underpinned by a strong strategic and cultural alignment, Adamantem's investment will allow Mason Stevens to further develop ...

Cbus to play key role in new Bluey movie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
The newly announced Bluey movie is set to fetch big dollarbucks for Cbus members. Cbus members will benefit from the newly announced Bluey feature film, with the industry super fund a major backer of the movie's financier. Parents and children alike ...

Treasury flags $23bn in CGT benefits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... that the government has a "substantial agenda" when it comes to tax reform - including enacting the $3 million superannuation tax that was tabled during the final sitting week of parliament. "The government's already substantial tax reform agenda also ...

AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Superannuation funds and the broader global pension system can benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) in every corner of the value chain to ultimately provide efficient, personalised services to members, new research from the CFA Institute found. ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... it's very difficult to form a view on value," he said. As previously reported by Financial Standard, retail superannuation giant Colonial First State also said no to crypto, with its chief investment officer Johnathan Armitage explaining that crypto's ...

Trustee valuation processes 'concerning': APRA review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
Many superannuation trustees have been told they must improve their valuation governance practices, with APRA finding just 11 have dedicated valuation committees while others involve staff members whose remuneration is tied to asset values in the process. ...

Cost-of-living worries drain retirement confidence: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... encouraging to see the government trying to address this blind spot and enable more advice to be provided within superannuation, there is clearly much work to do, and clarification needed," he said. An AustralianSuper survey found that 600,000 of its ...

FSCP reprimands two advisers for sloppy tax advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... liabilities. The first financial adviser, identified as only "Mr. C", was reprimanded for recommending a client make a superannuation non-concessional contribution of $329,000 in the 2023 financial year. The client's non-concessional cap, however, for ...