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AvSuper prepares members for merger, fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
AvSuper provided further updates on its merger with Australian Retirement Trust (ART), flagging to members that they will likely see investment, administration, and insurance fees increase. AvSuper will join the $280 billion ART with its 2.3 million ...

ART adds heavyweights to board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... Prime Minister and Cabinet, secretary to the Australian Treasury and inaugural secretary of the Department of Climate Change. ART chair Andrew Fraser said the appointments represent the changing needs of the fund as it helps more members than ever, retire ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
AustralianSuper announced it would be one of 600 companies globally to participate in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Early Access Program (EAP). AustralianSuper's chief technology officer Mike Backeberg said the move to introduce artificial intelligence ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are quickly expanding, posing a challenge to policymakers attempting to regulate the area. According to Kevin Hebner, managing director, global investment strategist with Epoch Investment Partners, those charged ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has announced a range of changes to its investment strategy and options. ART chief of retirement, Kathy Vincent, said the fund engaged its members, advisers and employers to co-design the new investment menu. "When ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Alcoa merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) finalised the successor fund transfer with the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, one year on from discussions kicking off. In December 2022, Alcoa Super informed members it was on the hunt for potential merger partners ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... women are happy with the amount in their super fund, a survey of 1000 super members led by the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) shows. A similar number of women members said they feel secure about their financial situation overall. ART executive general ...

Iress share price jumps on takeover rumours

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
Iress saw its share price skyrocket 15% as speculation swirled that a global private equity firm is keen on a buyout. An article in the AFR claiming US private equity investor Thoma Bravo is eyeing Iress sent investors into a tailspin, bumping up the ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
The corporate regulator says it has shut down about 3500 investment scam websites since July 2023 to protect Australians from digitally enabled misconduct. According to ASIC's latest enforcement and regulatory update, it has secured almost $60 million ...