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Retirement lifestyle costs continue to rise: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA) quarterly Retirement Standard, most couples around 65 wishing to live a comfortable lifestyle in retirement would need $75,319 per year. That's an increase from $73,875 in ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Financial services firms stand at a pivotal juncture. Those in one camp, with their heads buried in the sand, can no longer ignore the fact that artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its sidekick generative AI (GenAI), is everywhere. The other ...

Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... Super's Personal High Growth option turned in 10.3% p.a. Retail funds GuildSuper Personal MySuper Growing and ANZ SCSP - ANZ Smart Choice 1980s achieved 10.2% p.a. and 10.1% p.a. respectively.

AMP, Insignia, Bendigo products fail super performance test

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
AMP, Insignia Financial and Bendigo SmartStart are the only superannuation fund providers whose platform trustee-directed products (TDP) failed APRA's latest performance test. Only seven out of the 563 products that APRA tested failed in its latest ...

Focus Financial names Aus exec chair

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
Focus Financial Partners appoints a new executive chair to oversee Focus' business units in Australia. The group has promoted Travis Danysh from chief corporate development officer to chief strategy officer, effective immediately. Under the newly-created ...

NGS Super readies for admin transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
After close to a year-long delay, NGS Super will begin transferring its administration services to GROW Inc. in October. In May 2024, NGS Super announced it was ending a long-standing administration services arrangement with Mercer, instead handing ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... can provide "convenient access" via the ASX at a fraction of the typical active management fee, VanEck said. As with other smart beta strategies, the ETF utilises a systematic, rules-based approach that targets outperformance. It comes as two of VanEck's ...

Iress adds AI chief to drive innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Iress is strengthening its focus on artificial intelligence (AI), welcoming an inaugural chief AI officer. Based in Iress' Sydney office, Daniel Ashley has commenced his role and will take charge of its cross-functional team focused on leveraging AI ...

FCA fines Neil Woodford, WIM $94m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... decisions and take their senior role seriously," FCA joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight Steve Smart said. "Neither Neil Woodford nor Woodford Investment Management did so, putting at risk the money people had entrusted them ...

Mercer Super, Virgin Money Super members caught in Australia Post burglaries

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
Mercer Super and Virgin Money Super members are the victims of an Australia Post security breach following several burglaries at its Melbourne GPO. Australia Post said the break-ins occurred between July 6 and 17 and the "theft of some mail articles" ...