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Australian Ethical Super handed extra licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... arrangement and enhance compliance with duties. In response, Australian Ethical said it is confident members' retirement savings have not been negatively impacted, adding that it has proactively made enhancements to its governance processes over the ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... are less than impressed, taking to online forums to criticise the limited notice, saying it compromises their retirement savings and describing the treatment of members as unacceptable. "Forced selling with little compensation [and not] being offered ...

Super SA introduces indexed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... still running, and prior to 30 May 1986 it was the Pension Scheme. Members can also choose to direct their retirement savings into Super SA Select, which offers some benefits the Triple S scheme doesn't. Also administered by Super SA but was closed to ...

AMP launches new digital financial advice tools

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... strategy support, tax-efficient recontribution advice and reducing tax for beneficiaries and increase tax-free retirement savings. The update follows a study that revealed 17,500 Retirement Health Checks have been completed on AMP members since January ...

ASIC acts against MWL, its director and lead generator

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... having no proven track record, we will seek to allege clients were advised to invest most or almost all of their retirement savings into the fund, irrespective of their individual circumstances." Due to MWL being in administration, ASIC said its application ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... compliance failures" by Interprac that thousands of Australians received poor financial advice, putting their retirement savings at significant risk. At 10.20am, following ASIC's announcement, Sequoia Financial Group - the parent company of Interprac ...

HUB24, TAL to launch retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... said the solution will address one of the most pressing concerns for Australians - the risk of outliving their retirement savings. Citing UniSuper's Purpose Report 2025, 68% of Australians fear running out of retirement savings, leading many to restrict ...

Hostplus introduces retirement bonus payments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... increasing equity across the fund. "The retirement bonus provides eligible members with a valuable boost to their retirement savings at a key transition point, helping them make the most of their super as they move into the pension phase," Elia said. ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... of SMSFs established under the recommendations of a financial adviser are unsuitable to their needs and put retirement savings at risk, an ASIC review reveals. Of 100 financial advice files investigated, 62 failed to demonstrate compliance with the best ...

Payday Super laws passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... said the reform will go some way to address the problem of unpaid super, which sees more than $5 billion in retirement savings withheld from Aussie workers each year. "Payday Super is one of the most significant reforms to the superannuation system in ...