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Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... workplace, but women still routinely earn less than men when performing the exact same roles, she said. "They still retire with far less superannuation than men. Pay equity will afford women the same financial security as men and give them the same ability ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
After 26 years, Rainmaker Information's co-founder and Financial Standard 's resident superannuation guru is going back to school - kind of. Today marks Rainmaker executive director, research Alex Dunnin's final day with the business, retiring from ...

Islamic Bank hands back licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... understand the anticipation and excitement surrounding the launch of the first Islamic bank in Australia. The journey thus far has been one of passion, dedication, and unwavering commitment to providing Islamic financial services to our community," Islamic ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... an 8.5% return. TelstraSuper Corporate Plus - MySuper Growth followed at 8%, with Active Super's High Growth option not far behind at 7.8%. Looking at a 10-year performance period, Active Super achieved the highest returns at 8.5%, even amid Federal ...

Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
Professional and business development managers are growing increasingly dissatisfied in their current roles as many flagged their exit over the next three years, a new survey finds. A comprehensive analysis of professional development managers (PDM) ...

Platinum plans turnaround, FUM dwindles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... competitive environments are difficult and that this affects us, our clients and our peers. It has been a difficult year so far at Platinum." "We have seen net outflows, declines in revenue and our investment performance is not where we would like it ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
Large-cap active equity fund managers turned in their second-worst year of underperformance as 77% failed to beat their benchmark, the latest SPIVA study shows. Aussie large-cap managers suffered their worst-performing period in 2023 - not since 2018 ...

Long-term cost of super early release to be $85bn: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... "These are the devastating consequences of schemes that break super's preservation rules," she said. "People are left with far less money at retirement, and the next generation - our children and grandchildren - will have to pay higher taxes to pick ...

Annuities too expensive for most retirees: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... retirement income stream solutions, Rainmaker Information, supported by Plan for Life research, found the products are currently far too expensive to do so. The analysis found that a 25-year fixed term CPI-indexed annuity paying a retirement income stream ...

Pallas Capital, Ares launch $500m lending fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
Pallas Capital (Pallas) has established a new lending facility with funds managed by NYSE-listed alternatives firm Ares Management. The fund, dubbed Pallas Funding Trust No. 2 (PFT), has a total funding of $500 million approved by its funding partners. ...