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Linda Elkins joins AMP board, Slattery exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... board. Elkins was national leader, asset and wealth management at KPMG, a role she held for six years prior to her retirement as KPMG partner by end of this month. She was previously executive general manager at CFS, leading 1,000 staff and managing ...

FAAA expands specialist education programs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation, but the FAAA is now seeking education providers in estate planning, retirement, money therapy, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), and responsible investing. Applications are open until August ...

Former Qantas Super investment chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) following the merger of Qantas Super and Australian Retirement Trust. Commenting, Omnia Capital Partners chair and founding partner Mark Lazberger said Spence is a "terrific addition" to ...

First Super reduces admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... advice. The fee cap is also being matched to that of accumulation members, dropping from $1750 per year to $1250. "Most Retirement Income account members will be better off due to these changes, though a small number with balances under $39,000 may experience ...

Aware Super, TelstraSuper explore merger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... members of both funds. "Aware Super is a highly regarded, award-winning fund with the scale to help deliver improved retirement outcomes for members," TelstraSuper chair Anne-Marie O'Loghlin said. "It is expected that the proposed merger will deliver ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... fast-track Productivity Commission review of regulatory compliance costs and inefficiencies to deliver more money into the retirement funds; enable super contributions into retirement phase accounts and improve data sharing to make it easier and simpler ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... beginning their careers in 2025 with a 12% super guarantee (SG) rate in place could have as much as $400,000 more in retirement, new HESTA modelling suggests. The modelling showed women representative of the average HESTA member were projected to retire ...

CareSuper, MIESF schedule merger for October

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... sustainable outcomes for all members now and into the future," CareSuper chair Linda Scott and MIESF chair Chris White said. "Retirement confidence starts with confidence that your money is in the right place. After a comprehensive due diligence process ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... liquidity and transparency-especially during market volatility. The subtext is clear: when nearly $1.2 trillion of retirement savings sits in assets that don't trade daily, don't settle, and don't behave like anything on the ASX, someone ...

Rest calls for super performance test reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... issue of intergenerational equity. "We represent around one million members under the age of 30 who are decades from retirement. In fact, nearly one-in-five young workers is a Rest member," Rest general manager of public policy and advocacy Enrico Burgio ...