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AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... Valkyrie, VanEck, and WiseTree - which have pulled in US$55.6 billion in flows since inception. Australia's largest super funds, however, remain unconvinced. AustralianSuper head of asset allocation Alistair Barker recently said at its annual member ...

Cost-of-living worries drain retirement confidence: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... for financial advice. More than half (55%) of all super contributors relied on information supplied by members' super funds to make retirement decisions, followed by financial media (31%), family members (30%), and a financial adviser (29%). MFS ...

Hostplus' AFCA complaint response times lag

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... death benefit claim from the notification of death to the payment - something which ASIC has been cracking down on super funds for of late. Hostplus took on average 209 days in the quarter ending March 31 and 186 days for the quarter ending June 30 to ...

Top superannuation policy priorities for 2025: SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... also pushing to "help Australians get an even clearer picture of what their retirement could look like," calling for super funds to assist members in understanding their eligibility for the age pension or other government benefits. Government agencies ...

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations ...

Super funds should focus on 'simple' advice: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... purpose of Tranche 2 of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO)- which was previewed earlier this week - is to allow super funds to provide basic financial advice, not to see a repeat of issues raised during the Royal Commission. Speaking to ABC ...

Treasury gives Tranche 2 reform package preview

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... entities - like insurance and superannuation - and will not be able to advise on more complex topics, like self-managed super funds or managed investment schemes. A blacklist will be prescribed in the regulations, Treasury said. It is hoped creating ...

WA super law reforms boost GESB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... changes will make it easier for workers to manage their superannuation, reducing the need to have accounts with multiple super funds and help minimise the fees they pay, the WA government said. As such, the changes align GESB with the Your Future, Your ...

Swan hits back at Bragg: 'That's wrong of you'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... knowledge, and skills?" Swan defended the appointment, saying: "Crumlin does have extensive experience in running super funds and to characterise the experiences of the Maritime fund as reflecting on his competence is not a fair thing to do." "And if ...

Super funds 'playing to their strengths' in private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
Super funds are proving a good case study for investing in private assets, according to Morningstar's 2025 outlook. "Australia's super funds have successfully pioneered investment in asset classes such as unlisted infrastructure and property for decades ...