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HUB24 engulfs ClearView's remaining superannuation business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... ClearView WealthFoundations Super and Pension product. At the time, 5500 members with approximately $450 million in retirement savings moved across. The now-defunct ClearView Superannuation and Roll-Overs and ClearView Pension Plan products were originally ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... super system" that Australians value. ACTU assistant secretary Joseph Mitchel said most Australians trust their retirement savings to the super funds with worker representatives on their board. "Outlawing that option is insulting to the millions who ...

Australian Retirement Trust, Qantas Super set merger date

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... contribution of all those who came before us, I acknowledge the honour and privilege we have had in looking after the retirement savings of Qantas Super's members for over 86 years," Atkin said. "Though it is bittersweet to close this chapter in Qantas ...

Australians don't trust politicians with their super: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... this shifted to a net positive +4 after respondents were informed of the opposition's commitment to protect retirement savings from "unfair new taxes." FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said Labor's perseverance in raising taxes is eroding Australian's ...

Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... consumers before passing them onto advisers. These advisers then recommend that consumers withdraw their superannuation savings from a regulated fund and invest them, sometimes via an SMSF (self-managed super fund), into a high-risk property scheme or ...

Australian super assets set to become second largest globally: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... systems in the 2025 Global Pension Assets Study. The US has the biggest market with US$38 trillion ($60.6tn) in retirement savings, followed by Japan and Canada with US$3.3 trillion ($5.3tn) respectively, and the UK with US$3.1 trillion ($5tn). While ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... likely to get worse. Declining rates of homeownership among low-income Australians, together with the lower retirement savings of many women, increase the risk that more older women, in particular, will face homelessness as they approach retirement," ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... provide unpaid care - for their children or loved ones. HESTA modelling found unpaid care decreases members' superannuation savings at retirement by around 16%. In the next five years, around 14% of HESTA members are expected to retire. Blakey noted ...

AMP launching 'market first' digital advice solution for super members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... and provide simple guidance and advice to help our members maximise the retirement income they generate from the super savings they've worked hard to build. We want to give our members greater control and financial confidence in retirement, and help ...

Cbus recruits lead for new core equities portfolio

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... internalisation has delivered strong results for members, including contributing to an overall saving of investment fee and cost savings of more than $1 billion since 2018," added Gavin. "We will continue to look at ways we can bring further strategies ...