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Aussies want control of nest eggs: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
Australians want total control over how they spend their retirement savings but are willing to seek professional advice to do so, a new Financial Services Council (FSC) survey finds. The poll of 2500 superannuation members conducted by C|T Group found ...

UniSuper buys up Deer Park site

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
... highlights UniSuper's ability to secure high quality property investments that help our members grow their retirement savings." As part of the acquisition and development, GPT and HB+B Property will deliver infrastructure and civil works for the planned ...

SMC finds $38k nest egg boost for working mums

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
The Super Members Council is calling on the federal government to boost the retirement savings of working mothers by $38,000 via two critical policy changes. In the first instance, the SMC calculates that working mums can be $12,500 to $14,500 better ...

Unlisted asset valuation practices under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... involving more than 300 banks, insurers, and super funds. The update on priorities comes as Australia's total retirement savings pot marches steadily towards $4 trillion. Statistics released by APRA yesterday show total super assets hit $3.57 trillion ...

Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... principles, despite ongoing debates over policy details. Notably, survey respondents predominantly favoured a retirement savings model that affords them flexibility in early years balanced by security in later years, loosely reflecting the Covenant's ...

AustralianSuper in talks to extend administration services mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... loved ones with a personalised, timely and seamless experience when they interact with their fund and their retirement savings," Curtis said. "This year we've made improvements to the way we manage death claims and complaints, including increasing the ...

IFM Investors appoints diversified credit leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... capabilities, which have been an important part of IFM's overall growth as we seek to invest, protect and grow the retirement savings of working people," said Nunez. Wanigasekera added: "It's great to be co-leading a team focused on delivering ...

Hostplus ups fees on socially responsible option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... iteration of the PDS, the Socially Responsible Investment - Balanced product would cost a member with $50,000 in retirement savings approximately $363.49. This was made up of investment fees and costs charged at 0.30%, performance fees charged at 0.11% ...

How young Australians are missing out on better super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
Young Australians are missing out on higher superannuation returns by parking their retirement savings in default MySuper products, instead of exploring other investment options. Analysis of APRA data by Innova Asset Management revealed that an all-equities ...

'Significant deficiencies' lead APRA to act against NGS Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... requirements. "We've reviewed our processes and acted to further strengthen the protection of our members' data and retirement savings. We've had multifactor authentication for a very long time and have now implemented enhanced cyber controls across ...