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New SMSF industry body launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
The SMSF Innovation Council has launched to provide the SMSF sector with education, advocacy and a best-practice framework to help navigate the digital assets landscape. Chaired by Kate Cooper, the initiative is focused on collaborating and sharing ...

CareSuper chief member officer to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... Davy. Potter is a former national secretary of the Australian Services Union and former vice president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. He has also previously served on the board of CareSuper. Meanwhile, Davy was the chief executive of Quadrant ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... working people to have a comfortable retirement. It's a moment all Australians should be proud of." The Super Members Council (SMC) noted that about 10 million Australians will benefit from the increase in compulsory super contributions, with an extra ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... petition opposing the tax. The petition has since reached over 10,000 signatures. Modelling from the Financial Services Council (FSC) indicates that up to 1.8 million Australians could be affected by the tax at their retirement. Waterhouse said the ASA ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... over the two-year period. In a submission to ASIC's recent public and private markets discussion paper, Super Members Council (SMC) said superannuation investments in the private sector can drive long-term financial system stability and prosperity for ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... not new in the strictest sense, SSGA also launched an unlisted gold fund last year in partnership with the World Gold Council, which has grown to $90.1 million in size. "Gold has been a popular investment, not just in Australia, but in other parts of ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... review into retail life insurance advice released in 2015. He was an executive member of APRA and the Financial Reporting Council. Thorpe was AXA's chief information officer between 2003 and 2000 before becoming its chief operations officer. She ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... perception of premium stability." However, all life companies have now adopted the new premium labels developed by the Council of Australian Life Insurers - 'variable premium' replaces 'level premium' and 'variable age-stepped premium' replaces 'stepped ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... points for both 2025 and 2026, mainly reflect lower assumptions for energy prices and a stronger euro," said the Governing Council, which oversees monetary policy. Trade tensions sparked by Liberation Day, however, could throw a spanner in the works ...

Up to two million Aussies could face super tax: FSC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
New modelling from the Financial Services Council (FSC) shows that up to 1.8 million Australians currently in the workforce could be impacted by the proposed superannuation tax under one of the four scenarios. The four scenarios consist of: $3 million ...