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Generation Life launches retirement income product

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... actuarial calculations for management of longevity risk. "Our extensive connectivity capability for both income and superannuation products, enabled by our API libraries and SuperStream Gateway solution, means solutions such as Generation Life's ...

Superhero board signs former ASIC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... September 2020, has close to 200,000 investors and rolled out zero brokerage US share trading as well as its flagship superannuation offering. The appointment coincides with Superhero's expansion into the cryptocurrency market and international launch ...

LUCRF Super executive joins Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... a trustee director of the fund for five years. He is also a former vice president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and has served on its board since 2013. Thow worked various roles at the National Union Workers before making the ...

Industry groups welcome Labor government

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... government has been congratulated on its election victory by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) and Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. On the morning Albanese was sworn in as the 31 st prime minister of Australia, ASFA congratulated ...

Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... federal election. The weekend's result also sees the departure of Jane Hume as minister for financial services, superannuation, and the digital economy. Treasury is now led by Jim Chalmers, the man who has served as shadow treasurer since mid-2019. He ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... the industry group also chastised how housing affordability would become worse, pointing out that minister for superannuation Jane Hume had at one point admitted this herself. ISA said its analysis showed that, "price surges would quickly gobble up any ...

Dump annual super contributions cap: CA ANZ

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) wants both major political parties to commit to dumping the annual superannuation contribution cap for the benefit of women. CA ANZ said the existing cap should be scrapped and replaced with a lifetime cap. ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
At first glance, the government's superannuation plan for homebuyers seemed a compelling proposition, but concrete analysis has revealed that at best it's only a marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... conviction, besieged Liberal MP Tim Wilson has recurringly said that owning your own home should take priority over superannuation. In a tweet yesterday Wilson doubled down and said: "This policy isn't just for young Aussies, it's for others who never ...

Government proposes further expansion of downsizer scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
The Morrison government has said it will expand the downsizer superannuation scheme by reducing the minimum eligibility age if re-elected this weekend. At present, the downsizer superannuation scheme is only available to those aged 65 years and over. ...