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Law firm eyes First Guardian, Shield class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... seeing here is potentially deliberate misleading of investors, many of whom are everyday Australians looking to secure their nest eggs. They were repeatedly assured that their superannuation would flow into diversified portfolios with steady returns," ...

Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... Citing CoreData and Conexus Financial research, an increasing number of Australians nearing retirement plan to reinvest their nest egg savings outside of super and move it into speculative and potentially volatile investment options such as cryptocurrency ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... decisions, a move Angus Taylor, then shadow treasurer and now shadow minister for defence, decried as a "raid on the nation's nest egg." Combet said he welcomed the guidance but was clear that it won't alter Future Fund's statutory responsibility ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... already investing in alternative investments beyond the accord's mandated targets, while others are committing to targets. Nest, for example, allocates about 15% of its assets under management to alternative investments, with the goal of increasing ...

Nest drops $930m into new IFM Investors fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
After taking a 10% stake in the investment giant, UK pension fund Nest will seed a new infrastructure debt fund from IFM Investors. Last month, Nest officially became IFM Investors' first international owner, now sitting alongside the existing 15 industry ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... done a good job over 30 years of turning a small contribution from people's fortnightly salary into a large retirement nest egg," Jones said. "But what [super funds] haven't set themselves up to do properly is ensure that they are providing the ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...

Nest to acquire 10% stake in IFM Investors

ELIZA BAVIN, MATT TOLEDO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
The UK National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) will take a 10% stake in Industry Super Holdings, the parent company of IFM Investors. Nest said it would primarily invest in IFM's alternate asset investments. An IFM spokesperson told Financial Standard ...

Australians satisfied with super performance: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... 46% of those under 34 years of age were. In terms of super's purpose, about 70% of respondents view their 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 ...

Nest plans retirement income play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Nest, the UK's largest defined contribution workplace pension scheme by members, will work with WTW and Hymans Robertson to develop a retirement offering. It's estimated that in the coming years one in three UK workers will have pension savings with ...