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Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... test, shifting members into untested products, or hiking fees to cross-subsidise products under scrutiny. Meanwhile, the super sector's diversity also means that some edge cases, such as annuity retirement phase or niche single-sector products, aren't ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... improve women's economic security in retirement. This comes after the Albanese government announced last week it would pay super on paid parental leave for government workers if it wins the next election in May next year. The initiative will standardise ...

Perpetual adds director, institutional business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... Management. Earlier, she worked at NAB Asset Management and was the Western Australia business development manager for NGS Super. She has also held similar roles at Macquarie and Credit Suisse Asset Management. "After taking a well-deserved break - literally ...

Unmet financial advice needs affect millions in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... common types of tools already used by unadvised adults are budget planners (54%), retirement needs projectors (46%) and super contributions calculators (46%) - where all three also received the highest in demand. "Appetite for digital advice naturally ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... retirement and ability to invest compared to men, new surveys reveal. Only 30% of women are happy with the amount in their super fund, a survey of 1000 super members led by the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) shows. A similar number of women members ...

Equip Super set to hire top chief experience officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Equip Super is the latest super fund to reshuffle its leadership team as it redoubles its efforts to improve the superannuation experience for members. The revamp will see the departure of two key executives and the arrival of new chief experience officer ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... egg for retirement. The task takes only a few minutes, but it can mean thousands or tens of thousands more dollars in your super upon retirement." Vanguard Australia head of financial adviser services Rachel White, who spoke on Morningstar's International ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... prematurely because of severe menopause symptoms," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Presently, employers including Aware Super, Cbus and Future Group offer paid forms of reproductive leave.

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... now the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority - to lead the research program developing the first official quarterly super industry surveys. This followed three years with the Department of Veterans Affairs as a statistics officer, undertaking demographic ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... about $7000 to their nest egg per period of parental leave taken. It's a measure that has long been advocated for by the super industry and unions, given the impact it can have on a woman's super balance in retirement. In responding to the government's ...