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Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
Vanguard Investments Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski believes Australians would be shocked to learn how much is being drained from their retirement savings through super fund fees. New research commissioned by Vanguard, conducted by CT Group ...

Goldman Sachs switches up equity research leadership

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Goldman Sachs has announced its co-head of Australia equity research Andrew Lyons will depart after 12 years with the firm. As a result of the departure, the firm's current mining analyst Paul Young will join Matthew Ross as co-head of Australia and ...

AustralianSuper updates deceased members' investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... Direct option, this is generally within 14 business days from notification to allow time to sell down investments. The switch, however, could potentially be delayed if there are dividends due but not yet paid, pending corporate actions, or restricted ...

Nudging pre-retirees has 'little effect'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The Australian government has recommended super funds use 'nudging' to help encourage members to engage more with their retirement savings, however new research from Yale University in the US has found the practice doesn't work as well as initially ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... know that major economies are all facing the same challenge. They've got to kick off the old school energy grid and switch to a different sort of energy, storage, and usage process," Jacques said. "What are the opportunities that play out here, and ...

The transferrable skills for advisers who changed careers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... financial advice from the lens of a major career change. Forbes was a professional baseball player in the US before he made the switch to financial advice. Problem solving, discipline, resilience, teamwork, and collaboration were some of the key skills ...

Aware Super completes first UK deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
... euNetworks also further diversifies our digital infrastructure holdings as it sits in the nexus between our investment into Switch DC (USA) - which is a pure-play data centre - and Vocus (Australia) / 2 Degrees (NZ) - which is a pure fibre play." Aware ...

ASIC locks eyes on super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has unveiled its corporate plan for the next 12 months, with the superannuation industry in the firing line. ASIC said its review of the superannuation industry has been a multi-year project ...

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... performance and improve genuine long-term value. Employers and their advisers will be able to compare value, not just cost, and switch if better value for savers is available elsewhere." The Pensions Regulator chief executive Nausicaa Delfas added that ...

Aware Super closes fixed interest fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
Aware Super announced it closed its fixed interest fund on June 11 citing a lack of demand for the product. The super fund said it regularly reviews its products and given demand for the Fixed Interest Fund, recent performance, and future performance ...