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Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... letter to Senator Andrew Bragg. In addition, McLiesh said the ANAO is also assessing Treasury's "effectiveness" at designing and establishing the fund. "A performance audit of the design and delivery of the Housing Australia Future Fund is currently ...

Retirees should put 80% of balance into annuities: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... agency. "Annuities are typically 'one-shot games' - a retiree typically cannot switch to a better deal if they see one. Designing a wholesale market that overcomes these issues would be challenging, government-provided annuities are the best option," ...

Cbus welcomes new head of risk transformation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... group head of risk transformation. Cbus said Burns will lead the fund's enterprise-wide risk transformation program, designing, implementing and embedding Cbus' approach to risk. Burns will also drive strategic initiatives to modernise and strengthen ...

Iress adds AI chief to drive innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... deployment across its product suite and operations. Ashley joins from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was instrumental in designing and delivering customer experiences through AI for three years. Before AWS, he was a program leader in IT for three ...

Treasury launches retirement phase consultations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... principles for superannuation retirement income solutions paper. Such principles are to provide guidance for trustees when designing and delivering high-quality retirement income solutions to their members. "The principles support the government's ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... sector employees and politicians "will not be affected". "This creates a two-tiered system. Many of those responsible for designing or implementing the policy may not be personally impacted, while the financial burden falls on others," Waterhouse argued. ...

Challenger adds to board director lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... strengthen the skillset across the board," West said. "John's broad expertise leading businesses, which includes designing and implementing governance and risk structures, will be an asset as we continue to grow our leading retirement and income ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... services side of the funds management business. Bradshaw is a former member of a PRI advisory committee tasked with designing a stewardship initiative for nature. Last November, CareSuper merged with Spirit Super to form a fund with $53 billion in assets ...

Family office CIO joins Heritvest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... chief executive of Heritvest, a multi-family office service provider with a regional presence. Nassios is tasked with designing an investment philosophy that aligns with the investment goals of inter-generational high-net-worth families. "The role brings ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... Treasury said. Treasury added best practice also calls for trustees to incorporate a longevity protection component when designing a retirement income solution for a retiree cohort with an average account balance of more than $200,000. Trustees should ...