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Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
The federal government has delivered its second budget since coming into office last year, and as expected, cost of living support has featured prominently. So what has treasurer Jim Chalmers included in the 2023 federal budget when it comes to spending ...

Mine Super to close Choice option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... investment menu, Mine Super is closing its Conservative Balanced Choice option later this month. The option will remain for pension members, as will the option that's part of the fund's Lifecycle strategy. Those invested in the option will see their ...

Another round of consultation for veteran super taxation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas (Douglas decision). The Douglas decision found that certain veterans' invalidity pension payments in the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) and Military Superannuation benefits (MSB) schemes are ...

AustralianSuper hires investment lead in Europe

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... and private markets. Astorri sits on the board of ISPT, the $20 billion property fund set up by Australia's largest pension funds. He began his career in the Bank of England, first in the wholesale markets supervision division (covering the gilts ...

UK to ban cold calling on all financial products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... said. It is already against the law in the UK for product issuers to cold call in relation to occupational or personal pension schemes. In 2020, ASIC introduced a ban on the use of cold calling to sell direct life insurance. Meanwhile, in 2021 anti-hawking ...

Industry funds gain ground in retirement asset battle: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... their market share increasing 2% between 2021 and 2022, challenging the retail sector's long-standing dominance in pension accounts. According to a KPMG report, although Insignia, Colonial First State (CFS), and AMP lead the pension market by total ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... said it expects this growth trend to continue for reasons such as the resilience of infrastructure to macro swings, and pension funds and other institutional investors, in aggregate, remaining underweight the infrastructure asset class relative to their ...

Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... Gold. The research collated in April surveyed investors responsible for $307.5 billion assets under management across pension funds, private equity and venture capital firms, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. It found 93% of investors expect ...

US platform bids for Yieldbroker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... transparency, and coverage of the Australian and New Zealand debt capital markets. Australia is home to the fifth largest pension fund market globally, and we believe that this acquisition would help grow Tradeweb's Asia Pacific footprint and provide ...

Link to offer Allianz Retire+ solution to super funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
Under a newly inked deal, members of Link Group's superannuation fund clients will have access to a suite of retirement income solutions from Allianz Retire+. Up first, Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE) will be available on Link Group's Pathfinder ...