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Rest awards responsible investment mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... resilience in an inflationary environment," Lill said. "Rest's purpose is to help our members achieve their personal best retirement outcome. With Sustainable Growth, our aim is to provide our younger cohort of members with more choice in how their money ...

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... super contributions. The bill to remove the monthly income threshold was passed in Parliament yesterday, alongside the Retirement Income Covenant and the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles regime. From 1 July 2022, all employers must pay superannuation ...

Advisers can step up to retirement planning boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
With the passing of the Retirement Income Covenant, there has never been a better time for advisers to position themselves as retirement advice specialists. This is according to SuperEd chair Jeremy Duffield, who predicts that retirement planning will ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
Two long-awaited reforms, the Retirement Income Covenant and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle regime, passed parliament yesterday. Superannuation funds will have to provide a retirement income strategy for members to assist them in their later ...

Inflation hitting retiree budgets: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... living expenses, according to findings from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA's Retirement Standard for the December 2021 quarter indicates that couples aged around 65 living a comfortable retirement need to spend ...

AustralianSuper appoints retirement solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
AustralianSuper has appointed a new lead for its retirement solutions unit, welcoming the former chief executive of a fund it recently merged with. Stefan Strano became the $244 billion super fund's business lead for retirement solutions effective ...

Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... Australians, there is a significant gap of 23.4% in superannuation balances between men and women as they approach retirement," ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy. "A recent consumer survey undertaken by ASFA found more than 80% of respondents believe ...

Allan Gray Australia reduces fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Allan Gray Australia has made significant changes to the fees charged across superannuation, retirement and investments on its platform. Allan Gray Solutions, which encompasses Allan Gray Superannuation, Allan Gray Retirement and Allan Gray Investments ...

RI Advice slapped with $6m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... chair Sarah Court said the complex products were not suitable for Doyle's clients, many of whom were approaching retirement. "RI Advice should have been properly monitoring Mr Doyle's advice to ensure he was complying with the law," she said. ...

UniSuper adds three executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... said. Finally, the role of chief financial officer has gone to Anastasia Crisafi, formerly global finance director of retirement and superannuation solutions at Link Group. Set to join in April, Crisafi said: "I'm excited to work for a fund that ...