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Eliminating debt prioritised over pension contributions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... 15% contributing less than 5%. Interestingly, participants who say that they are not confident about how much they should save for retirement are far more likely to contribute below 5% than those who say that they are extremely confident (42% vs. 7%)," ...

Cbus hires from APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The head of investment risk at APRA is taking on a newly created role at the $63 billion industry fund. Mark Ferguson joined Cbus this week as its head of total portfolio management; a new role in support of the fund's efforts to internalise investments. ...

Vision Super appoints new chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... rights," she said. "Vision Super has a long history as a fund that also supports workers, through their working lives as they save for retirement to achieve the best possible outcomes - and the majority of those members are women." Darmanin was previously ...

Homebuyer schemes speed up saving time

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
As values soar, Australians are entering the property market up to five years sooner due to government homebuyer schemes, research shows. Commonwealth Bank data shows customers have bought property on an average of 4.78 years faster using the First ...

Qantas Super introduces passive option, drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... $1200 to $1050. Members with a $50,000 balance will see savings of 13.1% or $28, while a member with $500,000 in super would save $150 or 12.5%. Finally, following a review by Willis Towers Watson as part of the airline's pandemic recovery plan ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The UK pension sector is experiencing similar pressure to that being felt by Australia's super funds, with the pensions regulator asking defined contribution (DC) funds with less than £5 billion in assets being urged to merge. In September last ...

Industry mixed on YFYS

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... been a vocal and long-term advocate for stapling and our analysis shows that having a single superannuation account will save Australian workers up to $1.8 billion in fees over the first three years," FSC chief executive Sally Loane said. "The new performance ...

Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... realise buying property is becoming increasingly difficult, so they are turning to shares to make their money work harder and save to secure their futures," Douugh founder and chief executive Andy Taylor said. The Goodments by Douugh proposition in Australia ...

Advisers jump onto paraplanning platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... marketplace reduces the costs and time for advisers, who now don't have to spend $30,000 outsourcing paraplanning work, and save up to $80,000 per year, which is the salary for an experienced paraplanner, she said.

Licensee awards tech mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... technology solution mandate from a recently launched dealer group. Dealer group Finchley & Kent claims that its advisers save up to 60% of their time on administrative work as a result of this new partnership. The solution is speeding up file notes and ...