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Super on paid parental leave to reduce gender gap: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
The introduction of superannuation contributions on paid parental leave (PPL) is set to boost women's retirement savings by $7200, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Superannuation contributions ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
More than 200 retirement products managing $490 billion in members' retirement savings have come under the watchful eye of prudential regulator APRA for the first time. APRA's latest statistics for the March 2025 period breaks down the state ...

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Pension trustees and investment strategists see an opportunity to expand US DC savings into private market assets, particularly real estate. According to discussions at the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Spring Conference, experts including ...

Dodgy dentist defrauds members after draining super for medical procedures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... early seemed like a smart way to fund dental treatment. But now they've lost tens of thousands from their retirement savings, and are still in pain - physically, financially and emotionally," Marshman said. "These patients weren't just sold dental ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... executive Misha Schubert said good governance is fundamental to advancing the interests of the millions of Australians with savings managed by profit-to-member super funds. "New research shows profit-to-member super funds with equal representation boards ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... including shuttering one. The Tiffany & Co. Superannuation Plan has closed as of June 20 with members transferred to a Super Savings Accumulation account with ART. As a result, the structure of insurance, its costs and terms and conditions have changed ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... the SG rate will rise from 11.5% to 12%, which, according to ASFA, is expected to bolster a median wage earner's super savings by an estimated $20,000 over their lifetime. "With the super guarantee increase to 12%, we are seeing super fulfill its objective ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... wealth. "It's [the strategic relationship] a shared commitment to help individual investors manage their investments and savings, ultimately for their retirement," he said. Benefits to individual investors aside, it's a "win-win," he said, as ...

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 ...