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ART inks mandate with Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... available to accumulation, defined benefit and lifecycle investment strategy members. According to APRA's March 2025 statistics, there are 92,920 members in the Accumulation Choice product investing in the Super Savings MySuper with $4.5 billion. ...

TelstraSuper Balanced option makes 9.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... administration, funds have returned an estimated 1.8% to members invested in the median balanced option." APRA's March statistics show that TelstraSuper has 98,100 members with savings of $26.7 billion. Members have a median balance and age of $146,695 ...

Most traded stocks in the first half of the year revealed

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... the number of their ETF trades was up over 30% compared to the first six months of 2024," he added. Additionally, the statistics recorded the most traded stocks by advised self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) with balances over $3 million. The pack ...

Average super balance grows to $172k: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
The average superannuation balance grew 5% to $172,000 at the end of the 2023 financial year, new statistics from the Australian Taxation Office reveal. Women had an average super balance of $154,641, while men had $192,119. The median was $54,349 and ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... retirement savings have come under the watchful eye of prudential regulator APRA for the first time. APRA's latest statistics for the March 2025 period breaks down the state of retirement products the superannuation sector has on offer. The data ...

Inflation continues to drop, calls for RBA cut grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows inflation rose 2.1% in the 12 months to May, down from 2.4% in April. "The 2.1% annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in May was down from 2.4% in April and the lowest since October 2024," ABS ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows. "Despite employment falling by 2000 people this month, it's up 2.3% compared to May 2024, which is stronger ...

TAL scores new super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... time, with it most recently renewed in 2022. The change was effective in late April. According to the most recent APRA statistics, Virgin Money Super has about $1.45 billion in funds under management. This is spread across about 127,000 member accoun ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
APRA's quarterly superannuation statistics have lifted the lid on the ongoing battle for Australia's retirement assets; industry funds charged forward, retail funds made gains without breaking into a sprint, while corporate funds retreated further. ...

CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... 17.1% on median base salary. Additionally, 37% of the highest paid employees are women. The ATO had much more equal statistics with a 4.8% pay gap for median total remuneration and 7.3% for median base salary. Unlike the others, 51% of the highest paid ...