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Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... rent them out to Australians, like we're serfs. We want to make sure the millennials and Gen Z kids can own their own house," he said. Bragg said that the key determinant of success in retirement is not a superannuation balance, but homeownership ...

COVID helped to reduce inequality: Productivity Commission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... rise again. "Some lower-income Australians were able to save or reduce debt due to early government support. And although house prices soared during the pandemic period, the strongest price increases were in regional areas where house prices are lower. ...

Another corporate fund bites the dust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... will be wound up on July 31, almost 50 years on from its creation. The Nissan Superannuation Plan was created in 1977 to house the retirement savings of the car manufacturer's employees. It's existed in its current form since 2000, the result of several ...

Liberals respond to Federal Budget

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... help restart their lives. However, the money initially withdrawn from superannuation would need to be returned when the house is sold to support retirement. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) expressed deep concern about policy ...

CalSTRS appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... the development and direction of the "Collaborative Model" investment strategy, which focuses on bringing more assets in-house and leveraging external partnerships to cut costs, manage risks, and increase expected returns. This model has saved CalSTRS ...

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Support will be boosted for Australians facing acute and urgent financial pressures with $138 million to meet sustained high demand for crisis support including emergency relief, food relief and financial support services. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced ...

Senior Cbus investment manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... appointment further strengthens our overall investment capability and continues the strategy to build our level of expertise in-house," the asset owner said at the time. Interestingly, Ferguson's departure comes as Cbus advertises for a new head ...

Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... In addition, modelling by Super Members Council found removing the cap on using super for housing would push capital city house prices up by $75,000. The Committee also recommended that first home buyers who have used the proposed scheme to purchase ...

SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
Super Members Council (SMC) has slammed the Coalition's plan for young Australians to use their super for a house deposit, saying new modelling shows it could cost taxpayers a cumulative $1 trillion. SMC said even a policy which capped super withdrawals ...

UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... national assistant secretary Nicole McPherson said. "We can clearly see what happens when we don't keep vital jobs in house and in Australia, which would minimise the risk of issues like this happening - this debacle reflects the true cost of outsourcing." ...