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SMC pushes for DBFO to curb retiree tax bills

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... between $100,000 and $400,000. Just 17% of Australians, including 26% of current retirees, have sought advice from their super funds. Meantime, 80% of Australians aged between 45-54 need advice but can't afford it, the SMC said.

Bumpy roads ahead for traditional active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... products, where the strategies will not be easily replicated by passive investments. In comparison to active managers, super funds are well-positioned for growth with their strategic fee alterations and broad range of investment options through default ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... Misha Schubert said super fund members rightly expect the highest standards of service, communication, and care. "Super funds have tens of millions of interactions with their members every year, and members expect those interactions to be timely, responsive ...

Chalmers' claims on super tax are 'misleading': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... fairness and transparency." Further, Burgess was also dissatisfied with the Treasurer's claim that, by law, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are to maintain liquidity to meet their tax obligations. "While it is standard for laws to require liquidity ...

Iress expands wealth team with multiple new roles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... superannuation services provider, it said it sees continued opportunities within its wealth business to provide software to super funds. The deal will see Iress net an upfront payment of $40 million, with potential for an additional $20 million over ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators. ASIC suing Cbus for poor member claims experience ...

Grattan Institute renews calls for best-in-show super funds, partial annuitisation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... $70,000. One is to implement the Productivity Commission's 2018 recommendation to provide a best-in-show shortlist of super funds determined by an independent expert panel. " Extending 'best-in-show' to the retirement phase is simple and ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... sector expertise gained during her most recent senior roles with IQ Group, where she consulted to several leading super funds." Symons pointed to strong performance results and delivery of tangible member benefits across several metrics going into 2025. ...

One in five pension funds face liquidity risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... adverse scenarios. Last month, APRA slammed superannuation funds for their lax liquidity risk management. Eight unnamed super funds out of 23 that APRA analysed needed major improvements. Super funds tend to use just one liquidity trigger, being a percentage ...

Mason Stevens rolls out super admin fee changes

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... Taxation Office (ATO) with respect to the treatment of reduced input tax credits (RITC) that can be claimed by platform super funds has meant the trustee has had to reassess its ability to meet significant increases in operational costs...," Mason Stevens ...