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$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
In a long-awaited move, the government has scrapped the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold, making about 300,000 people eligible for super contributions. The bill to remove the monthly income threshold was passed in Parliament yesterday, alongside ...

Co-founder departs Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
One of the co-founders of environmentally friendly superannuation fund Future Super has departed after eight years. Adam Verwey, who founded Future Super with Simon Sheikh in 2014, has left the fund. "Adam is taking time out to take a break and travel ...

Rainy day funds probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
MP Jason Falinski spent the most recent House Economics Committee hearing probing the implications of super funds creating "rainy day funds" to pay for possible fines and sanctions. At the beginning of the hearing, Falinski asked University of NSW professor ...

Advisers can step up to retirement planning boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
With the passing of the Retirement Income Covenant, there has never been a better time for advisers to position themselves as retirement advice specialists. This is according to SuperEd chair Jeremy Duffield, who predicts that retirement planning will ...

ASX chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
The chief executive of the ASX has resigned from the post as the company grapples with a long-delayed transformation project. Dominic Stevens is stepping down from the dual roles of managing director and chief executive after nearly six years at the ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
Two long-awaited reforms, the Retirement Income Covenant and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle regime, passed parliament yesterday. Superannuation funds will have to provide a retirement income strategy for members to assist them in their later ...

Investors Mutual appoints strategic relationship manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
Investors Mutual (IML) has announced the appointment of Michael Bowen as relationship manager, strategic groups. Bowen joins IML from global manager PineBridge Investments, where he was vice president, wholesale, and private wealth, responsible for ...

AMIST criticised for SPC investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) is being criticised for a recent investment in fruit packing giant SPC, due to the other party involved in the capital raise. AMIST made an investment in SPC in a capital raising. Peregrine Corporation ...

AFA Practitioner Community appoints new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers welcomed a new chair and deputy chair to its Practitioner Community. AFA Group Wealth founder John Cachia was named chair, while Mazi Wealth founder Deline Jacovides serves as deputy chair. "Our key role is to be ...

AMP Capital unveils new name

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
AMP Capital will become Collimate Capital ahead of its slated ASX listing in the second half of the year. Cementing its separation from parent company AMP, AMP Capital chief executive Shawn Johnson said today's announcement is a testament to ongoing ...