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Nest drops $930m into new IFM Investors fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... via the new fund will be made in the coming months. "IFM exists to invest, protect, and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people, and we're proud to support Nest in unlocking the income and risk-adjusted return potential of infrastructure ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... Organisation rules - but fundamentally, the trade imbalance the US has with the rest of the world is a function of its savings and investment balance," he said. "... the tariffs may impact at the margin for them, but in the end all it does is increase ...

Former adviser accused of theft loses lengthy extradition fight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... stop her from being extradited to Australia to face 136 charges related to the alleged theft of clients' retirement savings. Marion Joan Pearson, formerly based in Perth, is accused of having stolen millions of dollars intended for clients' self-managed ...

SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... and sophisticated super system has strongly reduced the financial system instability, while delivering strong retirement savings. In the paper, SMC compared three asset classes: Australian listed equity, international listed equity, and private equity ...

NAB MySuper class action settlement approved

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... commissions and lower investment returns, as well as a reduction in the amount members would have received in interest on their savings.

Aware Super appoints UK private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... trajectory and help contribute to the Fund's aspiration to be managing over $400 billion of members' retirement savings by 2030. "Together, we are building a global team of passionate, curious and collaborative investment professionals, driven ...

BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... government's focus on the Retirement Income Covenant and the ongoing issue of many retirees being wary to spend their savings due to a fear of outliving their capital. This cautiousness results in under-spending in retirement and increased financial ...

Platinum to lose $1bn mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... from this Friday. "The impact to profit of the related loss of revenue will be offset by an acceleration of planned cost savings to be delivered in FY26," Platinum said. Reporting to the ASX, Platinum recorded total funds under management as at April ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... bottom line. Super Members Council (SMC) said the cash-out proposal undermines the policy intent of boosting the retirement savings of new mums. SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said the proposal sends a message to women that they should sacrifice ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... more hours or even get a job, where they couldn't do so before," CEDA economist James Brooks said. "Commuting less brings savings on public transport fares and fuel costs, but there's also savings on time. "We value that at $110 per week or $5308 for ...