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NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years. That's according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings, which found NZ Super Fund's returns over the 20 years to June 2024 significantly outperformed ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... uniquely impacted by that, but we're really well placed, we are quite well prepared because of the progress that Australians made over the course of the last three years. So, we go into that with a sense of, we're realistic about how this could ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... it is looking forward to working with the Albanese government to further strengthen the retirement of millions of Australians. SMC called on the government to move swiftly on the passage of payday super legislation within the first 100 days of Parliament ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... principles of universality and compulsion in super that are key to a more financially secure retirement for all working Australians," Schubert said. "It undermines the whole policy intent to boost the retirement savings of Australian mums and to start ...

AustralianSuper adds global equity manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Australia's largest superannuation fund has hired a head of core equity for its international equities business. Alex Stanic will join in May and work in the $365 billion superannuation fund's London office. The appointment comes as a super ...

AUSIEX to acquire FIIG Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... platform offering in the country." Salis said AUSIEX aims to make fixed income investing easier to access for all Australians. "We want to make trading bonds as easy as buying and selling BHP shares on the ASX," Salis said. "FIIG has significant upside ...

Smaller super funds unfairly burdened by regulatory levy model: CPA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... members, compared with 11.8% for medium-sized fund members and 11.1% for those in small funds. More than 1.5 million Australians hold superannuation accounts with a super fund with less than $20 billion in assets, CPA Australia noted. Webb said members ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Australians who have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic have cut their commutes by around three hours a week, equivalent to a time saving worth an estimated $5308 a year based on average wages, new research by the Committee for Economic Development ...

Cbus chief investment officer resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... our members, it is energising knowing every extra basis point our teams can earn goes directly to these hard-working Australians." Gavin said the investment team will be looking for new opportunities in infrastructure - with a focus on data centres - ...

Acenda forms innovation function to create new insurance propositions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... Acenda said the new division will initially focus on supporting the development of new insurance propositions for more Australians. The function will be headed by Lynton Pipkorn, who spent over a decade at Suncorp, including in roles such as group innovation ...