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Link to offer Allianz Retire+ solution to super funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
Under a newly inked deal, members of Link Group's superannuation fund clients will have access to a suite of retirement income solutions from Allianz Retire+. Up first, Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE) will be available on Link Group's Pathfinder ...

Slash proposed tax rate for high super balances: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
To avoid disincentivising Australians saving more for retirement, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) urges the federal government to decrease the proposed 30% tax rate for superannuation balances that exceed $3 million. This is in response ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Search funds, an investment strategy that sprung from the hallways of two Ivy league universities in the US, have reached Australia, grabbing the attention of investors drawn to the new business model and returns in excess of 30%. Developed by universities ...

Soul Patts gives $200m to Pengana offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
Pengana Capital Group (Pengana) and major shareholder Washington H. Soul Pattinson (WHSP) have joined forces to launch a new global credit offering to Australian investors. Already, WHSP has poured $200 million of seed funding into the portfolio, which ...

Equity Trustees enlists HUB24 for custodial platform admin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
HUB24 has entered into a Heads of Agreement with Equity Trustees to provide custodial platform administration and technology solutions. The agreement between Equity Trustees and HUB24 covers large transitions totalling around $4 billion funds under ...

Purpose of pause to gather more data: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) call to pause rate hikes rested on a decision to gather more information, it said. The minutes from its April 4 board meeting, where it decided to keep the cash rate at 3.6%, reveal the board extensively weighed ...

Brighter Super forges ahead with SFT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
Brighter Super has provided an update about its pending merger with Suncorp's superannuation business, which will officially occur on June 1. Suncorp Super or the SPSL Master Trust members will be transferred to Brighter Super and see their account ...

ASIC warns super funds on member communication failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
Superannuation funds that fail the performance test downplay their results and obfuscate members from understanding critical information, according to the corporate regulator. ASIC has criticised super funds that failed the performance test two years ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
These are just some of the recommendations from Grattan Institute ahead of the federal budget, which also include counting more of the family home in the aged pension assets and residential aged care means tests. With Australia on course for 25 straight ...