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Cbus lacks stringent director, expenditure policies: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... Relevant Interests and Duties. Deloitte said this approach "places the emphasis on directors to self-identify any issues rather than on the trustee undertaking an independent process to determine whether an individual continues to be a fit and proper ...

Swan hits back at Bragg: 'That's wrong of you'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... said. "I believe that it will be demonstrated that they are successful programs which deliver good value for the fund, rather than spending that amount of money in other areas, such as advertising. What we are getting here is very good bang for our buck ...

Australians satisfied with super performance: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... super as a nest egg to fund retirement or as a means of preventing reliance on the Age Pension. Just 4% said they'd rather have access to those savings now for personal use; they were typically located in regional and rural areas. "This research ...

Intergenerational wealth picture 'bleak': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... Sathanapally said it is the job of all Australians to ensure the younger generations have a "sense of hope" about the future rather than the sense that they are being "systematically screwed over". Speaking at the ASIC Annual Forum, Sathanapally said ...

AZ NGA acquires Sydney advice firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... general manager Chesne Stafford said. "When we do a deal, we don't just look at individual businesses in isolation but rather how they fit into our broader community. We consider things like values, complementary services, and potential opportunities ...

Advice take up falls amid decade-low retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... said that in response Australians are typically changing their retirement plans and contributing more into superannuation, rather than consulting a financial adviser. "Something that we're seeing, in the broader sense of financial advice, the appetite ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... benefits by virtue of being a super fund. They need to explain themselves to the Senate. I expect that they will, but we would rather get them to agree voluntarily, rather than force them through summons," he said.

Invesco Advisers pays $26m over false ESG claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... of Enforcement acting director Sanjay Wadhwa said. "Companies should be straightforward with their clients and investors rather than seeking to capitalise on investing trends and buzzwords." Invesco paid the fine and agreed to a cease and desist but ...

Betashares launches ethical fixed income ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... investors." AEBD tracks the index with investment strategy that weights bonds on their risk-adjusted income potential, rather than adopting a debt-weighted indexing approach, Vynokur added. As at November 5, the ETF is trading at $50.06 per unit. It ...

Qantas Super lowers investment fees, updates cash option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... Aggressive option, for example, went from 0.94% to 0.83%, while the Balanced option's fees declined from 0.90% to 0.81%. "Rather than being charged directly to you as a member and deducted from your account like an administration fee, these take ...