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Outdated super rule costs teens $10k at retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... thanks to the magic of compound returns, a dollar invested early in life in super has the most power to grow our retirement savings exponentially over our lives." SMC research shows the majority (85%) of Australians believe anyone that does paid work ...

Prime Super names investments lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... involved in successfully delivering the merger with Cbus in April 2022 and overseeing the transfer of members' retirement savings. Before that, he held several senior positions, including head of investment strategy at LUCRF Super, now part of AustralianSuper ...

Commonwealth Super reports strong investment performance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... with an unwavering commitment to serve those who serve, means that our members can rest easy knowing their retirement savings are in safe hands," he said. CSC became one of the first funds to launch a Retirement Income Strategy (RIS), which featured ...

Cbus names chief strategy officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... Kristian Fok noted Dean's experience and strong record of advocating for the interests of working people's retirement savings. "We look forward to Cbus benefitting from his strategic insights as our member-centric fund moves into its next phase," ...

Cole puts funds on notice as expenditure data is revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... superannuation, marketing expenditure is a tool that helps funds communicate effectively with members about their retirement savings assisting members to make good decisions." Delahunty said APRA's data shows that advertising and sponsorship spending ...

Cbus rolls out Advice Essentials Plus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... a couple plans together for retirement." Cbus has more than 920,000 members and manages over $94 billion in retirement savings. Walker said members often required a bit more than what Advice Essentials offered but couldn't or wouldn't consider ...

ACTU slams plans to Americanise the superannuation system

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... effective dismantling of Australia's compulsory superannuation system in favour of a voluntary approach to retirement savings, in which bosses can choose to offer a retirement plan as a work 'perk', but they do not have to. ACTU assistant ...

Super fund fees exploit Australians' low financial literacy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... director Daniel Shrimski believes Australians would be shocked to learn how much is being drained from their retirement savings through super fund fees. New research commissioned by Vanguard, conducted by CT Group, found 61% of Australians are unaware ...

Brighter Super increases retirement bonus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... 0.8% for FY24. As a result, at September end the fund paid about $2 million to members who transitioned their retirement savings into a Brighter Super Pension. This was across 863 members, with the largest individual payment being close to $14,000. The ...

ASIC seeks $27m penalty against AustralianSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... Lisa Hespe agreed the contraventions were serious and that there was a concern about the effect on members' retirement savings. "I will make it clear that I am very concerned that this conduct is serious. It is serious, not just for the consequences ...