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Coalition appoints shadow assistant treasurer, financial services minister

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... Bragg said in accepting the portfolio. "The key determinant of success in retirement is your home ownership status, not your super balance. Under Labor, the Australian dream is fast becoming the Australian nightmare and we must restore home ownership ...

More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... to superannuation, investments, and retirement savings products. "We know that financial literacy, engagement with your super fund and seeking advice have a major impact on improving women's financial confidence," CFS Superannuation chief executive Kelly ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... coverage, pointing the finger at recent reforms. ASFA research indicates that the implementation of the Protecting Your Super (PYS) and Putting Members Interests First (PMIF) policies have contributed to a substantial reduction in superannuation insurance ...

Super funds captivated by equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... climate change mitigation and sustained high-tech growth," she said. One example highlighted is Australia's Your Future, Your Super reforms which has encouraged consolidation of pension providers. "Government influence on pension schemes is at high level ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... the Financial Accountability Regime, regulators' focus on greenwashing and continued scrutiny via Your Future, Your Super are driving demand for risk and compliance talent. Ongoing consolidation among super funds and sustained growth in funds management ...

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... mergers, increased competition, a shifting regulatory member focus and the skewed favourability of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) stapling legislation, will exert further pressure on funds to achieve membership based strategic objectives." Myers ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... superannuation sector underscores most of this year's biggest stories, including the impacts of the Your Future, Your Super performance test, while the departures of some big names also caught readers' attention. That said, just as in years gone ...

Product modernisation will strengthen retirement outcomes: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
New research commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) highlights the case for a mechanism to support broader "modernisation" of superannuation and managed investment schemes. The report suggests current legislative and tax settings are inconsistent ...

Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... farmland have exceeded 10% over all one-year periods since 2015, except for the period to March 2021. The Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test is another investment impairment, as the lack of a clear benchmark for this asset class complicates ...

Spaceship Super dumps admin fee waiver

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... $6000 or less will begin paying an administration fee of $1.50 week, or $78 a year. In accordance with the Protecting Your Super rules, the fees will be capped at 3% of the balance and anything charged in excess of this will be rebated back to the member. ...