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Super fund engagement peaks among members with $250k+ balances: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... survey of 10,886 respondents, provided an analysis of member attitudes, satisfaction, and preferences for engaging with super funds. It found member engagement is highest among those with super balances of $250,000 or more. However, member engagement ...

Super pool jumps to $3.9tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... wave of contributions drove the momentum as well as investments returning 10.9% p.a. Across the sectors, industry super funds lead the pack by leaping 17% year on year to hit $1.3 trillion. Retail funds grew 11% p.a. to $735 billion, while public sector ...

Retail funds drive down admin fees: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... drive cost efficiencies and synergies due to the realisation of economies of scale. "Further, it is important that super funds undergoing mergers/SFTs commit to appropriate levels of operational synergies, timing/phasing of synergy realisation and a ...

How super funds could better support members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... titled What I Wish I Knew About Retirement, surveyed 1000 Australians 55 and older and highlighted the important role super funds play in providing retirement education and tools to members. It found 51% of pre-retirees and 39% of retirees look to their ...

SMSFs' use of advisers plummets: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
The number of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) using advisers has reached a new low, with the proportion of SMSFs using advisers falling to 23% from 27% in the past 12 months, according to a Vanguard/Investment Trends report. The number of SMSFs without ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... on the demand side, they believe people should be able to use their own money to purchase their first home. "Where super funds and foreign fund managers are given tax concessions to participate in what's known as build to rent and then they own these ...

Industry fund merger postponed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... have reported "significant progress" towards their merger, but it has been pushed back. In a joint statement, the super funds announced that their merger to form TEAM Super has been rescheduled from early 2024 to early 2025. They did not offer an explanation ...

Active Super, Vision Super finally sign transfer deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
Almost two years on from confirming merger talks, the two super funds have set a date for the successor fund transfer. Active Super will merge into Vision Super on 1 March 2025, following the signing of a successor fund transfer deed. It was initially ...

Members' attitude, behaviour key to better engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... comes to retirement than men (2%). CSBA CX director or finance Sam Monteath said the findings demonstrate the need for super funds to do more to harness attitudinal and behavioural insights if they're to make inroads into targeted member engagement. ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... developed to encourage investment in the crucial energy transition. Projects that provide an appropriate return for super funds and advance our nation's prosperity are a double dividend for Australians," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Meanwhile ...