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Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) says superannuation funds have the power to provide a sophisticated and personalised approach to meet members' retirement needs and must prioritise this amid the government applying pressure via the Retirement ...

Touchstone closes flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Touchstone Asset Management has closed its flagship Australian equity fund nearly a decade after it launched. The Touchstone Index Unaware Fund shuttered in May, having been in operation since 4 April 2016. The fund aimed to outperform the return of ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... financially, with the survey pointing to financial planning as a stabiliser of retirement confidence for many Australians. State Street Global Advisors' (SSGA) Global Retirement Reality Report shows Australians are increasingly becoming more optimistic ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... construction and management while maintaining a simple, intuitive user experience." To lead this, Superhero has appointed former State Street Global Advisors head of investment strategy and research Raf Choudhury to the role of chief investment officer. ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... proportion have little to no idea they can pay for it through their super. Based on a survey of 2250 Australians, Colonial First State's (CFS) Empowered Australian report, 92% of unadvised Australians don't know they can use their superannuation to pay ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
The life insurance industry appears to have moved past its loss-making years, reporting a $332 million profit at the end of March, new APRA figures show. About $5.7 billion was generated in insurance revenue, marking a 3% rise from the December 2024 ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
In the UK, there are 86 local government pension schemes (LGPS) and more than a dozen multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate ...

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road system

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... comprises of the concessionaires for four toll roads in northeast Brazil and a toll road in the central Brazilian agricultural state of Mato Grosso, totalling 740km across three states and connecting one of the largest cities with its various points ...

BlackRock hires Housing Australia treasury chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... groundbreaking sustainability bond program. Launched five years later under her leadership, the initiative positioned the state as a pioneer in Australia's emerging green bond market, with Palmer marketing securities to institutional investors and ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
High-profile ethics and impact manager Desiree Lucchese has joined Aware Super as the reporting manager for climate change and sustainability. In her new role, Lucchese will blend technical expertise with change management to serve as a liaison across ...