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Commonwealth Super delivers 'resilient' performance for FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... businesses typically out of reach from smaller investors. "CSC's goal is to support our customers with a comfortable retirement by steadily growing super through resilient portfolios - helping members retire with greater confidence and less reliance ...

Commonwealth Super names chief risk and compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... supporting Australian public service and Australian Defence Force workers in preparing for and sustaining a comfortable retirement." Earlier this month, the $70 billion super fund was accused of ongoing internal bullying, harassment or sexism matters. ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... "Tax breaks on balances above $2 million is money that's going to someone who's already got enough for a comfortable retirement. "If you reduce it to $2 million, you could index it straight away, and then you've set up the policy for the long term. Then ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... policy, a 30-year-old Australian earning the median wage is, for the first time, on the path to achieve a comfortable retirement, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA projected that a 30-year-old earning the ...

Aussies prefer advisers, analyst notes over social media

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... vulnerable to cybercrime and exploitation that threatens their superannuation balances and consequently a comfortable retirement," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. HSBC Australia head of investments Donahue D'Souza said HSBC's results indicate ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... quarter, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) data indicates the cost of maintaining a comfortable retirement has increased further over the past 12 months. The cost of a comfortable lifestyle rose by 1.3%, with singles aged over ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... from Colonial First State (CFS) found that three in five women (62%) feel they will be unable to achieve a comfortable retirement compared to 47% of men. Only half of women (45%) know what assets their superannuation is invested in compared to 60% of ...

Three in five women lack retirement confidence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... 2250 Australians, revealed that more than three in five women (62%) feel they will be unable to achieve a comfortable retirement compared to 47% of men. Only 34% of women felt prepared for retirement, compared to 53% of men. Furthermore, only 45% of ...

Cost-of-living continues to rock retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... Australians, the CFS Rethinking Retirement report found that 64% of retirees are currently able to enjoy a comfortable retirement, down from 71% a year ago. More than three-quarters of retirees say their pension payments are being absorbed by essential ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... millions of Australians. "Instead of proposing reforms to close the gendered retirement gap and guarantee a comfortable retirement for every Australian, the Coalition is only interested in dismantling Australia's world-class retirement system." The ...