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Treasury seeks feedback on major super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset (LISTO). This will increase the threshold from $37,000 to $45,000 to align with the lowest income tax threshold after the tax-free threshold. The maximum LISTO amount will be increased from $500 to $810 to reflect ...

Delaying reforms to YFYS test, RG97 costing members: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... see reforms that shift the focus to the most important metric for measuring member outcomes - net returns, rather than lowest cost. To fix the RG97 problem, it suggests reporting an additional fee efficiency metric, providing clarifying information on ...

Agentic AI adoption 'crucial' for future success: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... across capital markets, P&C insurance, and retail banking segments. Wealth management and life insurance companies have the lowest rate of adoption, with 17% and 13%, respectively, refusing to leverage agentic AI in their businesses. "With increased ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... ocean-basin-level admin fees? Gee says one of the biggest challenges in the industry currently is that the push to have the lowest administration fee means that administrators are operating on very low profit margins. "Consequently, that has not left ...

Treasury unveils major super tax changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... short-changed by $3 billion since 2020. Today's announcement corrects this injustice and ensures that Australia's lowest-paid workers receive the same fair tax treatment on their retirement savings as everyone else." For women in the lowest income ...

Controversial US policy to benefit Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... $517 billion total goods exports in 2024. Additionally, the US currently imposes a 10% tariff on Australia, which is the lowest of all countries, and Australia has a trade deficit with the US. "So far there has been no discernible impact on Australian ...

Australian Food Super to transition to age-based premiums

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... year, the fund's MySuper Balanced option returned 7.37% in the 12 months to 30 June 2025, while its Growth and Secure (lowest risk strategy) options returned 8.68% and 3.85% respectively. Australian Food Super was previously known as AMIST Super.

National decline in retirement confidence: AMP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... to balance the cost of mortgages, children and caring for aged parents. Single mothers specifically recorded the second lowest of all tested groups, with only one in five in their 40s feeling financially confident about retirement. Partnered Australians ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... measured approach to risk. The data substantiates the sentiment, revealing that mixed-gender teams have delivered the "lowest standard deviations" in four of the past five years, as well as the lowest maximum drawdown over the past year. The Trump effect ...

Latest adviser exam sees 69% pass

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... Exam, held in August, with the pass rate once again falling under the 70% mark. The previous exam cycle in June saw the lowest pass rate in recent times at 66%. Although slightly improved, only 152 (69%) candidates passed the August exam, which 221 people ...