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CSLR warns adviser levy will balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) warned the advice sector should brace for an even bigger levy in the 2026 financial year, forecasting a total of $20 million. Financial advisers are set to cough up more than $20 million in FY26, which will ...

ClearView announces executive changes

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
ClearView Wealth has announced three executive appointments, choosing to hire from within the company. ClearView welcomed Judilyn Beaumont to the role of chief risk officer while continuing her role as general counsel. Beaumont joined the company in ...

Advisers share winning intergenerational wealth strategies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
The $3.5 trillion wealth transfer will be Australia's biggest economic event over the next 20 years, according to AMP Advice national lead Anjuum Siingh, who chaired a panel of financial advisers at the Financial Standard Retirement Income Forum today. ...

Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Many see defined benefit (DB) funds as dead - dinosaurs of the retirement world. Nevertheless, they're important to the retirement ecosystem, according to Challenger institutional client solutions director Meher Edibam. While most DB schemes are closed ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
The controversial $370 billion pact between the US, Australia, and the UK, or 'AUKUS', is being sold as a boon for the economy and nation-building exercise that will amplify defence capabilities and strengthen regional security. But is it all ...

US better positioned to deliver strong returns: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said the start of the financial year has kicked off strongly, following on from a positive 2023/34 result, but going forward the US is better positioned than Australia to continue delivering strong returns. ...

ACTU slams plans to Americanise the superannuation system

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has criticised comments made by shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, claiming they reveal the "Coalition's dream of dismantling super." In a speech at the University of Sydney on Wednesday, Taylor said a collapse ...

JANA awarded mandate for $2bn construction leave scheme

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
JANA Investment Advisers will now provide asset consulting services for LeavePlus, a $2 billion portable long service leave scheme for Victorian construction industry workers. Formerly known as CoINVEST, LeavePlus administers the scheme for 280,000 ...

Nest plans retirement income play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Nest, the UK's largest defined contribution workplace pension scheme by members, will work with WTW and Hymans Robertson to develop a retirement offering. It's estimated that in the coming years one in three UK workers will have pension savings with ...

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
Colonial First State (CFS), the best-performing super fund of the last financial year, has ruled out the idea of adding crypto to its investment portfolio. Despite its popularity, with nearly five million Australians owning crypto, CFS chief investment ...