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Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Australia's sustainable pension expenditure stands out from other advanced economies' retirement income systems, an ASFA report says. ASFA's Cost of pensions across advanced economies report said Australia's government pension expenditure ...

Dataset to ease policy planning for ageing population

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
With an ageing population but no accepted approach for measuring the age of retirement, KPMG has taken the same approach used to determine life expectancy to produce an age of retirement dataset. In producing the dataset, KPMG has determined the expected ...

Link Group secures mandate renewal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... members and employers, creating innovative solutions to capture market opportunities and meet changing needs," Link Group Retirement & Superannuation Solutions chief executive Dee McGrath said. "Link Group plays a critical role in facilitating this transformation ...

CBA Group Super pursues merger with ART

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
Commonwealth Bank Group Super has entered a Memorandum of Understanding to potentially merge with Australian Retirement Trust (ART). The merger would see Commonwealth Bank Group Super's 67,000 members and $12.3 billion funds under management (FUM) ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... at the time: "We want to ensure that convicted child sex offenders cannot use superannuation - which was set up for retirement income purposes; not to shield criminals' assets - so to ensure that we close the loopholes so any of these out of character ...

Ending the super wars: Government acts to legislate an objective

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
The government has released a draft objective for superannuation to deliver sustainable retirement income. The proposed objective, which is open for consultation, is to preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement, with government support ...

Allianz Retire+ launches new retirement income solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
Allianz Retire+ has launched its new retirement income product, designed to enhance the provision of retirement planning for advisers. Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE), available in early March, is a next-generation retirement solution delivering ...

Commonwealth Super Corp hires former MTAA investments lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... appointment to CSC follows a release by AV Super chief executive, Michael Sykes that the fund will merge with the Australian Retirement Trust. Up until December, AV Super had planned a tie-up with CSC. In that event, Brown would have been reunited with ...

AMP profits, declares first dividend since 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... by continued enhancements to service, functionality and investment choice, as well as the recent launch of the new retirement product and North's expanding IFA relationships," AMP said. The Master Trusts division reported underlying NPAT of $55 million ...

Australian Retirement Trust, AvSuper sign merger MoU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... considering merging, after AvSuper's plans with Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) fell through. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) and AvSuper have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a merger, commencing due diligence ...