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Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
As politicians, industry groups, and financial experts spar over the $3 million super tax, which will only affect a fraction of Australians, another critical problem is being ignored. The "vast majority" of people under 30 will never have more than ...

Centrepoint Alliance locks in hundreds of Brighter Super advice clients

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
Centrepoint Alliance, which entered into an agreement to acquire the advice book of Brighter Super, has confirmed that most eligible members opted to stay in the transition. Centrepoint Alliance snaped up the comprehensive advice book of ESI Financial ...

Escala poised to overhaul strategy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Private wealth manager Escala Partners is poised for a management overhaul that could see the appointment of a new chief executive, according to people familiar with the matter. Two senior executives - co-chief executive Pep Perry and investment chief ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... "valuable starting point," meaningful personalisation goes further, Russell Investments said. The firm said helping individuals set a clear retirement income goal provides the foundation for "stronger engagement and smarter decisions" around contributions ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... Ma's sudden hiatus from the public eye some five years ago. At the time, Alibaba's financial arm Ant Financial was set to float. "This was pulled because Ma made a comment that wasn't supportive of the government. There was also a change ...

Rest lands new chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... Lill in November last year. Michael Clancy, the former chief executive of Qantas Super, has been appointed to the role and is set to commence in August 2025. He led Qantas Super for over nine years, until it merged with Australian Retirement Trust. The ...

Chalmers and Bragg spar over $3m super tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... marginal rate that people would be paying." Bragg claimed there was a "howling conflict of interest" in having the Treasurer set the Prime Minister's pension arrangements and called for Chalmers to include the detail of the Prime Minister's scheme and ...

ETF industry growth streak continues, shatters net inflow records

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... consultancy firm ETFGI. These record-breaking net inflows year-to-date steamrolled the previous record of US$464.2 billion set last year, and before that, US$464.2 billion in 2021. This was achieved despite turbulence in the VIX Index, the US market's ...

RBA cut expected, but then what?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to cut interest rates when it meets next week by 25 basis points, bringing the official cash rate down to 3.85%. However, Commonwealth Bank (CBA) head of Australian economics Gareth Aird said he is not ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... the wings." CFS previously had managers who invested in narrow parts of the market and didn't use the full opportunity set available, he said. Now, it has more managers who assess the market in its totality, at least from a risk management perspective ...