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QSuper settles $67m class action

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... of these members, including teachers, doctors, and other essential workers, were charged higher premiums despite having lower occupational risk.

BUSSQ lowers administration fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
BUSSQ MySuper and Premium Choice account holders will see lower administration fees, however their insurance costs will rise from July 1. The $7 billion super fund will no longer charge members a weekly administration fee of $1.75 ($91 per year) and ...

Australian firms may face 'intense competition': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... economies," he said. "Some of the judgements may prove wide of the mark - the tolerance for bearing economic costs may prove lower; domestic stimulus may prove to be harder to deliver; and so on." Hauser said while it is not yet known how the situation ...

Aware Super cuts fees for retiree members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... three-year digital transformation program, completed in 2023, are delivering real benefits for all our members, including lower costs, better services, more personalised advice and a stronger fund overall." Aware Super said the change sees its fees now ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Even with more potential interest rate cuts in the works, Australians feel as though their financial situation is in dire straits as many struggle with the cost-of-living crisis and do not know the best place to seek financial advice, new surveys reveal. ...

CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... base salary despite recording an equal number of male and female employees. The data showed that women make up 60% of the lower quartile of paid positions, and only 34% of the upper quartile. The RBA recorded a gender pay gap of 11.5% on median total ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... charging high fees and performance fees when things go well, and if they were prepared to take less for themselves and charge a lower fee some of them might be alright," Freeman said. " Some of the numbers that I've seen that some fund managers take ...

J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has slashed the probability of a recession eventuating in 2025 in half to 30% amid relief from the latest tariff announcements, but it warns risks remain elevated. Last week, US President Donald Trump substantially lowered ...

Lendlease finalises JV with The Crown Estate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... expected to release capital slightly above book value on completion and contribute positively to future earnings through lower funding costs and the receipt of development management fees. "The JV, which was initiated by Lendlease with The Crown Estate ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... "Wider investment opportunities and better liquidity make the US appealing, offering super funds diverse opportunities, lower trading costs and, in certain sectors, less stretched valuations. In that vein, one could reasonably assume that mega-cap US ...