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The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Facing dodgy dates, ticking biological clocks and an endless procession of nosey family members asking after their private life, single women have plenty on their plates - and all with a serve of financial disadvantage on the side. Global statistics ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Marketing strategist Toby Ralph says super funds must overhaul their member communications, as the days of arranging cohorts by demographic are long gone. Addressing the crowd at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Melbourne, Ralph ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
A panel on the impacts of climate change has heard how, as ESG approaches evolve, super funds must be conscious of their competency in the space and have processes for measuring it. Appearing at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, UTS Institute ...

ASIC consults on sunsetting class orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
ASIC is consulting on the potential remaking of class orders related to managed investment schemes and corporate directors of corporate collective investment vehicles. Class Order [CO 13/519] Changing the responsible entity ; and Class Order [CO 13/656] ...

Australian Retirement Trust lines up another merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
A $2 billion corporate fund is the super giant's latest merger partner, kicking off due diligence last week. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alcoa Super to explore a potential successor fund transfer. ...

Super a big national advantage: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
Addressing the Conference of Major Super Funds in Melbourne this morning, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the superannuation system is one of the reasons he feels optimistic about the future of the economy, though remained realistic about possible challenges ...

Lending to small businesses increases: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
Despite soaring interest rates, the number of small business owners borrowing from banks has sharply risen in 2022, a new survey reveals. More than a third (36%) of Australian small businesses canvassed by CPA Australia are increasingly relying on external ...

FICAP names new charity partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
Funds raised by the Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) will be donated to Feel the Magic this year, as well as Shine for Kids. Feel the Magic is FICAP's new charity partner, providing early intervention grief education programs for kids ...

Spirit Super appoints deputy chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
The $26 billion industry superannuation fund will soon welcome a deputy chief investment officer, recruiting from Frontier. Philip Naylor has been named in the role and will join the fund in April. In addition to being deputy chief investment officer ...

Fixed interest ETP issuers hit the gas

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
Fixed interest ETPs were the fastest growing asset class in Australia last year, according to Rainmaker Information. In its latest ETP Report, Rainmaker found in the 12 months to December 2022 the fixed interest (FI) sector grew by 16% to $16 billion ...