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Retirement confidence lags as investors turn to AI

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Retirement has emerged as a central concern for investors globally, but a lack of confidence and financial literacy is keeping many savers on the sidelines, according to Amundi's latest global investor study. The third edition of Amundi's Decoding ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... with superannuation drawdowns projected to rise to almost 6% of GDP by 2065-66, as well as reducing reliance on the Age Pension," the report said. Treasury projects the number of Australians above Age Pension age will almost double to around nine million ...

Australian Ethical, Bloomberg join ASFA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... homeowner couple $1513 a week, while a single homeowner requires $1075. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahuntry said the Age Pension provided an essential safety net but was not intended to fund the retirement lifestyle many Australians aspire to. "It was ...

Taxpayers to foot Age Pension if super turned into ATM: SMC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... directly for up to three years. However, research by SMC showed taxpayers would have to fund an extra $14,000 in lifetime Age Pension payments for every median full-time worker aged 25 for three years under One Nation's policy. Additionally, a median ...

ASIC extends wholesale markets pact with FMSB

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... spanning banks, investment institutions, market infrastructure and information providers, corporates, data service providers, pension funds and interdealer brokers. It develops standards alongside Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews aimed ...

ART leads retirement product race, others wrestle with covenant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... executives and found that ART leads the pack in the take-up of longevity products. Furthermore, ART's account-based pension and lifetime income product are a use case for being able to provide "the closest thing the Australian market has to real-world ...

Super turns a safety-net retirement into a comfortable one: ASFA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... which found that super remains key to comfortable retirement. For a single homeowner, it costs $1076 a week. The full Age Pension covers around 60% of a comfortable retirement for a couple and around 56% for a single. "The Age Pension is a social welfare ...

State Street appoints head of Asia Pacific

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... the country head of Australia and has more than 27 years of financial services experience across investment services, pension, investment and wealth management. Previously, he was head of fund services product development for Asia Pacific at J.P. Morgan. ...

Retiree super spending injects $121bn into Aussie economy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... supporting 123,000 jobs. The research also found the super system supports retirement spending worth double that of the Age Pension each year, significantly lifting retiree living standards and their spending power. "Australia's super system is a ...

CareSuper earns place among pension fund giants, ART breaks into top 20

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has cracked the top 20 ranking of the world's largest pension funds, while CareSuper has debuted on WTW's annual Global Top 300 Pension Funds report. This year's Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments ...