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'Alarming' figure in retirement research

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024

Only a third (32%) of Australians believe they would be able to save for their retirement without compulsory superannuation, according to a new survey from AustralianSuper. A third of Millennials (33%) and Gen X'ers (32%), as well as nearly one-in-five ...

Rest chief investment officer departs

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024

Rest has announced the departure of its chief investment officer Andrew Lill after he resigned from the role. Rest chief executive officer Vicki Doyle thanked Lill for his contribution to the super fund and wished him well for the future. "Andrew joined ...

ISG ordered to wind up managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024

The Queensland Supreme Court has ordered the ISG Private Access Fund and the ISG Real Estate Equity Fund be wound up. This comes after ISG and its sole director, Benjamin Godfrey, had applied to appoint receivers to the schemes. ASIC intervened in the ...

ANZ, OnePath settle $50m class action

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024

ANZ and OnePath superannuation customers may be entitled to get their super back after Slater and Gordon secured a $50 million class action settlement. The no-fault settlement was reached with ANZ and its former subsidiaries, OnePath Custodians (OPC) ...

FAAA names Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award winner

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024

Private wealth adviser Craig Roberts of Elston Private Wealth in Queensland has been awarded the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for the second semester of 2024 by the FAAA. The award recognises the highest performing student in the Certified Financial ...

Hamilton Lane adds SCOPE to product lineup

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024

Hamilton Lane has announced the launch of its Senior Credit Opportunities Fund (SCOPE) in Australia. SCOPE is a senior private credit vehicle targeting floating-rate, senior secured loans and intended for investors seeking potential safety and yield. ...

ASIC crackdown: Action taken against 13 SMSF auditors

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024

During the first half of 2024, ASIC acted against the registration of 13 approved self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors. ASIC's concerns covered a range of topics, including breaches of auditing and assurance standards, independence requirements ...

Zurich launches new TPD option

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024

Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched a new total and permanent disability (TPD) offering designed specifically to cover ongoing care requirements in the event of a severe accident or illness. The new 'continuous care' option allows for a ...

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024

The final budget outcome for 2023/24 came in as a surplus of $15.8 billion - or 0.6% of GDP - for the underlying cash balance - an improvement of $6.5 billion on the previous estimates. The better-than-expected outcome was driven mainly by the payments ...

Limiting negative gearing could add $2bn in annual revenue

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024

Making changes to negative gearing could be worth at least $2 billion a year in revenue, while reducing the capital gains tax discount could be worth around $5 billion a year, according to new research from the Grattan Institute. This comes as Treasurer ...

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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Funds SA has appointed a new chief investment officer, who will join from Hostplus, to commence in February 2025.

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025.

UniSuper has 'some work to get on with' on cyber front: Chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

UniSuper's leadership team has touched on how the fund is strengthening its operations following the extensive system outage in May this year.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA

Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found.

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Kellie Wood

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Schroders Australia's Kellie Wood talks about winning a lot, so much so that it's become a well-intentioned joke with her co-workers - but it's this ambitious attitude that spurs her on every day. Eliza Bavin writes.

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