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Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... for work expenses, while the Coalition promised a one-off $10 billion cost-of-living 'tax offset' of up to $1200 to Australians earning below $144,000. Chartered Accountants ANZ's chief economist Richard Holden said housing and tax policy announcements ...

AustralianSuper says cyberattack losses total $750k

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... criminals undertook a coordinated, well-funded and sophisticated attack, attempting to access the retirement funds of Australians using stolen / approximated email addresses and passwords to log in - a process known as credential stuffing," Delahunty ...

Aware Super names portfolio and construction lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Aware Super has appointed a former AustralianSuper head of portfolio construction and strategy within the public market equities team. Michael Stavropoulos, who also holds the title of senior portfolio manager, has joined a team that manages $100 billion ...

Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... benefit claims handling practices of superannuation trustees last month, which unearthed systemic failures that force Australians to "suffer the stress" of navigating with a complicated process while mourning, and "denied access to money they're entitled ...

'Crises happen': Investors reminded to stay calm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... As the stock market correction remains in full swing as a result of US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, Australians are being reminded to stay calm. Schroders head of strategic research Duncan Lamont said despite the market mayhem, a market ...

AIOFP partners with fintech firm to offer white-labelled digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... moneyGPS founder and chief executive George Haramis said the firm's vision it to meet the broad advice needs of working Australians at every stage of their lives. Haramis said the partnership enables AIOFP members to offer clients and referral partners ...

Breaches continue as Cbus confirms 'unusual behaviour'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Cbus has confirmed it has reported to APRA an "unusually high spike in log-in attempts", impacting around 85 member accounts, which occurred several days after the cyber-attack that impacted other super funds. "At this stage of our inquiries, there ...

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... repayments on bigger mortgages for longer, worsening housing affordability and cost-of-living pressures on younger Australians," Schubert said in response. "And if people retire with less super, that will also push up Age Pension costs - a bill that ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... investment strategist Marc Jocum told Financial Standard that with so much money still sloshing around in managed funds, Australians may be paying more to active managers than they need to for a similar exposure via an index ETF. "Investing is one of ...

Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... lagging on cyber-resilience, fraud, and scam protections. SCA chief executive Xavier O'Halloran said that given Australians are legally required to put their money into super, the news of the attacks is chilling, particularly when "we know" super ...