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Super funds given reprieve from Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... sector has around US$450 billion invested in the United States, the single largest market outside of Australia. This is money invested in US infrastructure, equities, bonds, and other areas." Koval added that ASFA has engaged closely with the Australian ...

Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... climate-safe, socially responsible investments over the next five years. It also calls for greater transparency around where the money is invested, and opportunities for member consultation in this regard. "It's 2025. Investing our union's pension in ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... said. "Some funds are now also involved in activities beyond the provision of redundancy entitlements, including raising money for long service leave entitlements." In response, the regulator said it is seeking feedback on changes to the definition of ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... supporting the top 20% of income earners, who he said are already saving enough for retirement. "Also, not a lot of this money looks like it's actually being spent in retirement. The typical super fund member is a net saver in retirement," he said. "Their ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
More than 4600 relevant providers have yet to meet qualification standards, according to ASIC, and have only six months to meet the deadline. An ASIC spot check of the 15,610 relevant providers listed in the Financial Advisers Register found that 6426 ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... end. In 2024, the fund was given a 'Recommended' rating by Zenith and was named the Best New Ethical Fund at the Mindful Money Awards. "A responsible entity must have measures in place for ensuring it complies with its obligations as an AFS licensee," ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... failure to departing chief executives. "This was a major issue in Australia, and we saw more than $80 million of shareholders money paid to terminated chief executives in the year before the law changed." However, at the same time the termination payments ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... to make transactions and manage investments internally will increase our flexibility and reinforce our focus on value for money..." However, he downplayed the development, noting that the decision to manage certain asset classes internally "shouldn't ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Small industry super funds lead on trust, service, and value for money, according to CoreData's annual member engagement survey. CoreData research consultant Alana Devitt told Financial Standard that members' trust in small industry funds is built through ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... prefer Australia to follow the New Zealand approach where superannuation is not paid at all, and instead, they get all their money paid as wages. Another PALM worker said that the superannuation funds in their country are not being managed in their best ...