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Taxpayers to foot Age Pension if super turned into ATM: SMC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... of their super will still go into their funds, and they can receive 3% of it directly for up to three years. However, research by SMC showed taxpayers would have to fund an extra $14,000 in lifetime Age Pension payments for every median full-time worker ...

Morningstar names APAC investment chief

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... wealth and private at Commonwealth Bank. He spent close to nine years at Morningstar previously, serving as the head of research for APAC when he left for CBA. "We are delighted to have James rejoin Morningstar. He will work closely with our senior investment ...

UniSuper hires former TelstraSuper's head of retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
The super fund has appointed a former TelstraSuper executive to lead its advice strategy, research governance and technical frameworks. Melanie Slade has joined UniSuper as head of advice strategy and technical, reporting to chief advice officer Andrew ...

Asset managers turn to outsourcing, AI: Survey

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... reporting some form of deployment. The leading use cases include data accuracy and quality control, document management and research and report summarisation. Northern Trust head of asset servicing for EMEA Nick Gilbert said AI's effectiveness would ...

Super turns a safety-net retirement into a comfortable one: ASFA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... you eat out very occasionally. On the Age Pension alone, most of these things drop out of your budget entirely." New research by YouGov for Australian Retirement Trust (ART) showed 81% of participants with super would likely spend part of their retirement ...

Investors price more risk into listed private credit trusts: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... at a 23.3% discount, while KKR's Credit Income Fund traded at a discount of 13.3%. Morningstar director of manager research Thomas Dutka notes that the performance of LITs is a proxy for investor sentiment into the sector. "For a number of these ...

Trust emerges as key drivers of super fund loyalty

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... interactions with funds, while trust has emerged as the clearest driver of loyalty and advocacy, according to new CoreData research. The research found general enquiries have fallen from 34% to 28% based on members' contact reasons, while enquiries about ...

'Easy peasy, done': Senate rips Equity Trustees' checklist governance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... trusteeship. Equity Trustees continues to defend its position noting it was responsible entities, advisers and third-party research houses responsible for the failure, and has denied paying back members on the losses. Macquarie and Netwealth on the other ...

Amundi deepens Asia investment bench

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... already established across its regional platform. O'Toole joined Amundi in 2005 and has held senior roles spanning fund research, manager selection and solutions. He became global head and chief investment officer of the Solutions platform in 2022 ...

Retiree super spending injects $121bn into Aussie economy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
New research has found retirees will spend close to $121 billion from their superannuation in 2026, bolstering the Australian economy and supporting jobs. Commissioned by the Super Member Council (SMC) and conducted by ACIL Allen, the research surveyed ...