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Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... using personal details and passwords available on the dark web, with a select number of members having their retirement savings stolen. In a letter to super fund chairs, APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole said that although it "has consistently emphasised ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... viability of the superannuation tax, which will potentially see a 15% increase in taxes applied to the proportion of super savings exceeding the $3 million threshold. Canavan argued that the taxing of unrealised gains is incredibly unfair, and people ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... engage with those aged 35 to 49 by looking at their evolving personal circumstance and provide guidance on understanding savings and contributions behaviour and product selection. NMG Consulting partner Lachlan Reardon told the FSC panel discussing the ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... retirement or embracing partial retirement," Shead shared "Additionally, many Australians plan to increase their short-term savings in the next six months, likely due to the market volatility we are seeing."

ART pinged by ASIC over misleading returns data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... average performance of the option over the past 10 years was better than it was." The information was provided via the Super Savings Product Dashboard on the fund's website. As a result, the fund was handed an infringement notice to the tune of $18,780. ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... actions. "This is about justice for ordinary Australians. These are people who trusted AMP to safeguard their retirement savings - and instead lost thousands of dollars." Meantime, Maurice Blackburn's national head of class actions Rebecca Gilsenan said ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... threshold is leaving young tradies, apprentices, and women in construction, without support that would give their retirement savings a boost. Cbus said the number of its members receiving LISTO has declined over the past five years because the income ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... the five years to March 2025. It calculated that 14.5 million MySuper accounts would've achieved an average retirement savings uplift of 6.6% over the period if their investments had been aligned to their age. Russell Investments head of Asia Pacific ...

Nest drops $930m into new IFM Investors fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... via the new fund will be made in the coming months. "IFM exists to invest, protect, and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people, and we're proud to support Nest in unlocking the income and risk-adjusted return potential of infrastructure ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... Organisation rules - but fundamentally, the trade imbalance the US has with the rest of the world is a function of its savings and investment balance," he said. "... the tariffs may impact at the margin for them, but in the end all it does is increase ...