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Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... consumers withdraw their superannuation savings from a regulated fund and invest them, sometimes via an SMSF (self-managed super fund), into a high-risk property scheme or some other high-risk investment." ASIC will focus more effort on reviewing client ...

Australian super assets set to become second largest globally: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... above-average equity allocations of 52% and 50% respectively. Grigg added that despite the introduction of the Your Future, Your Super performance test in 2021 and the resulting increased focus on benchmark-relative returns, the allocation to alternatives ...

Briefcase launches five SMAs on Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... the broadest choice of high-quality investment solutions, and we are pleased to be able to offer these portfolios via our super, SMA, and spectrum products."

MLC Life names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Melissa Ammon is taking over as MLC Life Insurance's chief risk officer on a permanent basis. Ammon has been acting in the role since September 2024 when Jane McGovern was appointed chief customer and strategy officer. She first joined MLC Life in 2024 ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Most retirees who rent live in poverty, including more than three in four single women, and this problem is set to get worse, according to a Grattan Institute report. While the Age Pension provides an adequate, albeit modest income in retirement for ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Almost half (47%) of HESTA members retire involuntarily, according to new research commissioned by the super fund. The research - prepared by Evolved Thinking - surveyed more than 1800 pre-retirement health, aged care and community services (HACS) workers ...

Independent financial planning boutique opens in Brisbane

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... clients] might have started a business, sometimes multiple businesses, and they might have some trusts or a self-managed super fund, or not," she told Financial Standard. "The business owners don't always have a great deal of experience with superannuation ...

AMP launching 'market first' digital advice solution for super members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
AMP is rolling out a new digital advice solution, in partnership with Bravura, providing its super fund members with retirement guidance. AMP Super's digital Retirement Health Check will allow its 700,000 members to find out when they can access ...

Insignia exec appointed local chief of MUFG Retirement Solutions

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
A former Insignia Financial exec has taken up a leadership role at MUFG Retirement Solutions following the retirement of chief executive Dee McGrath. The firm appointed Frank Lombardo to a newly created role of chief executive for its Australia and ...

JANA revamps research team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
JANA Investment Advisers has taken steps to strengthen its research team through a series of new hires and promotions in response to strong business growth. Matthew Gadsden, who previously served as the head of global equities research, has been appointed ...