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Equity Trustees slashes value of Shield investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... distributions, and "the final distribution may take many years." In all, it's estimated $1.2 billion in retirement savings has disappeared. While many who were defrauded have lodged formal complaints with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...

Australia maintains global retirement security ranking: Natixis

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... of issues hampering retirement stability includes over-estimating how much time it takes for individuals to build their savings. Australian respondents on average planned to retire at 66 but often retired much earlier at 60. Other factors of concern ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... on Australian organisations, with superannuation funds increasingly targeted given the mounting honey pot of retirement savings they oversee. This highlights the urgency of strengthening "basic cyber hygiene" within their operational and management systems. ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... decade. Hauser noted Australian super funds are investing an "ever-increasing" amount overseas. "Australian retirement savings are the fourth largest in the world, with assets equivalent to around 150% of Australian GDP, half of which are offshore. And ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... Examining responses from over 6, 500 investors, findings indicated that 57% of Australian investors have increased their cash savings, 53% have increased their investments and 47% have increased their contributions to superannuation, despite market turbulence. ...

AMP settles class action for $120m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... "This settlement is a major step toward justice for millions of Australians who trusted AMP to safeguard their retirement savings," Maurice Blackburn national head of class actions Rebecca Gilsenan said. "The class action alleged that AMP's superannuation ...

SMC calls for greater protections against financial abuse of older Australians

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... abuse, citing coercive control, exploitation and systemic gaps in protection as active threats against their retirement savings from those closest to them. SMC's submission calls for stronger, trauma-informed complaint handling and dispute resolution ...

NGS Super moves to make admin fees more equitable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
About 80% of NGS Super members will benefit from fee savings when it transfers its administration function to Grow Inc. next month. As reported by Financial Standard, after a lengthy delay NGS Super is getting ready to transfer administrators. The move ...

Receivers appointed to two Australian Fiduciaries entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... hearing this week. About $167 million is tied up currently, belonging to about 600 investors who placed their retirement savings in the Global Diversified Alpha Fund, Global Multi-Strategy Fund and Global All Seasons Fund. Matthew Charles Hudson and ...

Brighter Super to add 68k new members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... policies held under superannuation in OneCare Super, pre-OneCare Super (Leading Life, Renewable Term Insurance), (ex ANZ) Savings Plan - Superannuation, Personal Retirement Plan (Plus Range), Whole of Life, Endowment, Flexible Retirement Pension, and ...