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CFS launches retirement income optimiser

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... income options while retaining flexibility over their super today," Power said. Eligible FirstChoice Wholesale Personal Super members will have the feature switched on automatically, with the option to opt out at any time, while eligible FirstChoice ...

FEATURE | Member engagement | On the ball

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
When it comes to superannuation, Australians traditionally follow the path of least resistance. When a pot of gold feels 'so far away' members tend to adopt a cavalier attitude and habitual disengagement and, instead, dismiss it in the 'too-hard ...

Insurance premiums to drop for HESTA members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... income protection will reduce by between 1.4% and 23.5%. The premium reductions will apply for HESTA Super and HESTA Personal Super member; they do not apply to those in corporate super plans. The reductions follow a renewed group insurance arrangement ...

A comfortable retirement now costs more than ever

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... price inflation. So that means even though the Age Pension is indexed, a greater burden is placed on retirees' personal super savings." The other major factor, ASFA noted, has been the recent increase in deeming rates, the assumed rates of return ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... available through other providers. This allegedly occurred between 2014 and 2022, impacting some members of FirstChoice Personal Super and Pension, FirstChoice Wholesale Personal Super and Pension, FirstChoice Employer Super and Commonwealth Essential ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
A class action that was filed against AMP for charging excessive superannuation fees is finally being heard in court, with the trial kicking off today. In 2019, following the Royal Commission, several law firms sought to commence class actions against ...

MLC Expand reduces fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... and transparent fee structures in market. " The MLC Expand platform also supports the IOOF Employer Super, IOOF Personal Super and IOOF Pension products, reducing fees for around 80,000 clients.

CFS allots Martin Currie two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... the replacements with "the aim of improving investor outcomes". The FirstChoice Wholesale Investments, Wholesale Personal Super and Pension, Employer Super and Investments products offer the options. "There are no changes to the objective, strategy ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Westpac chief executive of consumer banking Jason Yetton has left the bank, prompting a search for his successor. Yetton led the consumer division since August 2023 after three years leading the bank's specialist business and group strategy. This ...

Retail super funds spend big on advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
Retail superannuation offerings from AMP, Macquarie, and HUB24 spend big on external financial advisers, while industry funds prefer to invest in their own advisers and intra-fund advice, new APRA data reveals. APRA's recently published data based ...
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