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The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... cybercriminals over the past year because of the reports spruiking the success and scale of Australia's $4 trillion retirement savings pool. The large volume of articles touting the size and success of the superannuation industry could attract untoward ...

Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... Members Council chief executive Misha Schubert reiterating the point in the wake of Dutton's speech. "Raiding retirement savings for house deposits would just unleash a supercharged price hike in house prices, not create more new home buyers," Schubert ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... identifies in a company, adding that, as a long-term active manager, the fund's role is to allocate members' retirement savings to the companies it believes are most likely to create value over the years to come. "We needed to see a sensible ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... understandable, but not an excuse, that funds for so much of the last 30 years have been focused on growing members retirement savings and they have put all their effort into doing a good job on that, and they have. "What they haven't put enough ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... the fund is considering ASIC's claim carefully and will respond in due course. "Paying out members' retirement savings after they die is the final service we provide them. During COVID, a sharp increase in member deaths and a significant impact ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... chief executive Peter Burgess has called out recent hawking practices that prompt people to transfer their retirement savings into a self-managed super fund (SMSF). Burgess said the sector needs to be on alert about the resurgence of "nefarious" activity. ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... average, which means higher healthcare costs, and take more career breaks for caregiving duties, leading to less retirement savings. "Investing isn't just for Wall Street bros. It's for [women also]. And it's the key to financial freedom ...

Three in five women lack retirement confidence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... responsibilities, resulting in lower superannuation balances. By utilising catch-up contributions, they can boost their retirement savings and work towards achieving a more comfortable and financially secure retirement."

Stockspot officially launches low-cost super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... which has been designed to keep costs low and provide members with greater visibility and control over their retirement savings. "Super should be simple - your money should be invested in cost-effective, diversified assets that work for you, not for ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... population smaller than Florida or California". Bessent added that unlike large sovereign wealth funds, Australia's retirement savings growth was not dependent on particular commodity prices. "That's what I was struck by, the confidence you have in the ...