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Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
The Senate Economics Committee has handed down its Interim Report into existing and proposed super for housing policies. Chair of the Senate Economics Committee Senator Andrew Bragg said the Inquiry was recalibrated to assess how policy could improve ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... industry representing $800 billion in total assets, indicated that in superannuation terms, a new worker aged 25 starting to save could face a financial disparity of $500,000 by retirement due to poor investment governance. However, on a more positive ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... caravan." For another, comfortable meant "having enough money to take an overseas trip every few years without having to save all the time". While half of participants said they have a natural fear of running out of money in retirement, the majority ...

State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... solicitor Andrew Carpenter, who started the Super for Survivors campaign, said the successful motion will deter offenders, save the taxpayer money, and provide adequate compensation for victim survivors. "The taxpayer will no longer be relied upon by ...

WTW to launch dedicated private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) is planning to launch a new fund that will invest in private equity opportunities including co-investments. This new private equity fund, the WTW Private Equity Access Fund (WTW PEAF), will be the first time that the asset ...

Superhero introduces $2 brokerage

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... a reduced amount for FX transfers of 0.65%. For an FX transfer from AUD to US$5000, the price reduction will see traders save as much as US$2.50. In conjunction with the FX transfer fee reduction, Superhero will apply US$2 brokerage on all US trades ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... unpleasant and avoid it as much as possible." In one experiment, Kahneman found people were more willing to travel 20 minutes to save $5 on a $15 calculator but were less likely to travel the same distance to save $5 on a $125 calculator. Born in Tel ...

Advisers flock to managed accounts, but are very selective

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... their time' as one of the main upsides of using managed accounts with advisers now reporting they, or their support staff, save on average 22.8 hours per week, up from 17.1 hours last year. For an adviser who works 7.5 hours a day, that's a saving of ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Women continue to lack confidence in how much they can save for retirement and ability to invest compared to men, new surveys reveal. Only 30% of women are happy with the amount in their super fund, a survey of 1000 super members led by the Australian ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... up $22,680 - substantially lower than men's $48,087. On a monthly basis, women are able to put away $551 while men can save $281 more at $832. Sarah Megginson, Finder's personal finance expert, said that women's focus is on immediate needs ...