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Australians urged to consider bequests amid $5.4tn wealth transfer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... recommends removing some of the current barriers, such as allowing charities to be nominated as beneficiaries of superannuation savings, and introducing 'living bequests' through which a small tax incentive is given for a larger binding request in future. ...

ESSSuper launches Balanced Growth Managed option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
ESSSuper has launched a new option designed to help members boost their savings in retirement. The new Balanced Growth Managed option aims to help members increase their super balance for retirement by delivering stable returns via diversification. ...

Chalmers 'confident but not complacent' on economic prospects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
... global economic uncertainty, we can't ignore the fact that growth in our economy is soft, job ads are down, household savings are down, discretionary consumption was almost non-existent at the start of the year and so we have to strike a series of fine ...

Former wealth management chief ousted from financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... speculative schemes tied to Hewish. "[UGC] used a client onboarding process that lured people into investing their retirement savings in UGC-related products by having calls made to prospective clients using details including those obtained from a third-party ...

Most Australians proactively retire: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
... understanding from the participants who have a guaranteed income stream in retirement. "When you know a portion of your savings is guaranteed to last a lifetime, it brings an unparalleled sense of security. In fact, 60% of our customers surveyed said ...

Barings, Rest break ground on $400m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... exciting and future-focused investment is expected to bring strong long-term returns to help increase our members' retirement savings and add further diversification to our property portfolio," Doyle said. "In addition to enhancing our members' financial ...

Russell Investments default option returns up to 12.3%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
... Investments head of Australia and New Zealand Tim Furlan said the strong returns are helping to grow the superannuation savings of its 80,000 members. "It also reinforces the commitment of the fund to manage investments through members' life stages ...

US election outcome tops investor concerns: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... defensive assets and fixed income strategies to balance growth and greater protection for Australian's retirement savings... Our strategists are picking credit, favouring government and investment grade corporates over riskier high-yield and emerging ...

Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... income to live on. "We urge Australia's business leaders to speak up on the importance of safeguarding Australians' savings for retirement - to avert risks to the incomes of retirees, of fiscal damage, higher taxes, and a weaker capital base ...

New mandates boost Clime FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... Baragwanath added the board and executives continue to review the operations and consider further opportunities for cost savings and redeployed investment towards growth areas.