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Voices down: Women staying quiet about retirement worries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... lower levels of knowledge and engagement among women. Only 55% of women expressed confidence in Australia's superannuation system compared to 71% of men. Despite this, only 26% of women have sought financial advice for retirement while 34% of men have ...

Replace capital gains discount with income averaging: e61

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... into higher tax brackets in a single year. Any reform must still address these two legitimate issues." e61 said a better system would reduce taxable capital gains by inflation and allow individuals to smooth their tax liability over the life of the asset ...

Bullock in 'full solidarity' with Powell

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... intimidation from US President Donald Trump's administration. "We stand in full solidarity with the Federal Reserve System and its chair Jerome Powell. The independence of central banks is a cornerstone of price, financial and economic stability ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
In an unprecedented move, the US Department of Justice served the US Federal Reserve (Fed) with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment over testimony Fed chair Jerome Powell gave at the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025. The testimony ...

SMEs prepare for Payday Super cashflow crunch

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... while most commentary has focused on compliance, the bigger issue for many operators is the forced change to the cash-flow system that sits underneath payroll. "Quarterly super has historically acted as an unofficial cash buffer for thousands of businesses ...

Lazard sets up new chief investment role

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Lazard Asset Management has created a new role of a chief investment officer and appointed Eric Van Nostrand. The US$265 billion asset manager said the newly established role will strengthen the cohesion, discipline and effectiveness of its global investment ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... holders are increasing leverage through front-loaded investments while revenues lag, creating a more levered financial system that is vulnerable to shocks, it said. "The financing needs tied to AI capex far exceed what even the largest firms can meet ...

Super education leads to engagement, higher balances: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... Members Council (SMC) highlights the increase in Australians' confidence in superannuation as 64% of participants said the system works well for them. Eight out of 10 Australians said super will be critical to their retirement, while the number of people ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
In 2019, then APRA chair Wayne Byres had a blunt message for superannuation funds: "Are you going to get better, or are you going to get out?" The question marked the decisive shift in the regulator's tone, making its agenda explicit: super funds ...

CPP Investments, Goodman Group partner in $14bn data centre deal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... European Data Centre Development Partnership (GEDCDP) comprises four projects totaling 435 MW of primary power and 282 MW of system load. It is CPP Investments' first data centre partnership in Europe, significantly adding to its data centre portfolio. ...