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The super investments driving future economic growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
Superannuation infrastructure investments will support sustainable economic growth and better living standards for Australians, an ASFA report finds. The ASFA Superannuation and the economy: Energy infrastructure research paper said superannuation will ...

ASIC dodges PGPA investigation questioning

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
At a hearing this morning, Senator Andrew Bragg called out ASIC chair Joe Longo after he opted not to answer questions about ASIC commissioners investigated under the Public Governance Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act. Fronting the Senate Economics ...

Women the future of advice: Netwealth

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
Wealth professionals are being encouraged to adjust their advice offering and better serve women or risk missing out on a key growth market. Netwealth's white paper titled Women as the new face of wealth found younger affluent females are engaged with ...

AMP completes infrastructure equity business sale

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
AMP has completed the sale of the Collimate Capital international infrastructure equity business to DigitalBridge Group. AMP realised $582 million from the sale, including a $521 million cash payment received from DigitalBridge, $57 million from retained ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
HESTA is once again calling for the Australian government to address gender inequities in superannuation and improve financial security for women. In its pre-budget submission, the super fund said tracking and closing gender gaps remain its top priority. ...

AFA, FPA plan joint roadshow

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
Irrespective of the outcome of the upcoming merger vote, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) will host a combined roadshow event across the country this year. The Combined Association ...

ISA renews calls for super to be paid with wages

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Changing the requirement to pay super with wages will drastically reduce unpaid super and give four million plus workers better investment returns, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). In its pre-budget submission, ISA said that the "outdated ...

We're doing a huge amount: Aware Super

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart says the fund is making a significant investment in its financial advice capabilities, regardless of what comes out of the Quality of Advice Review. Speaking to Financial Standard, Stewart pointed out that ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The annual MySuper heatmap shows there are six products that had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper ...

Future Fund subsidiaries set to receive tax exemption

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The government is proceeding with a legislative amendment to exempt Australian subsidiaries of the Future Fund board from corporate income tax. Currently, the Future Fund board is exempt from income taxes, but this exemption doesn't extend to its ...