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Gender super balance parity four decades away: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... acceptable that women are continuing to retire with balances persistently lower than what they need for an adequate retirement." She said the first step in making super fairer is to pay super on parental leave. "It is a glaring inequity that leads to ...

Commonwealth Super Corp hires former MTAA investments lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... appointment to CSC follows a release by AV Super chief executive, Michael Sykes that the fund will merge with the Australian Retirement Trust. Up until December, AV Super had planned a tie-up with CSC. In that event, Brown would have been reunited with ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... light to provide personal advice to their members regarding their interests in the fund, including the transition to retirement. Michelle Levy explained in doing so, trustees will be required to consider member's personal circumstances, including ...

Retirees feel the brunt of inflation: Challenger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... inflation risks, highlights the need for financial advisers to consider the impacts of rising inflation as they explore retirement income solutions for their clients. Challenger said that inflation erodes the real value of income for a retiree, even ...

Australians are unprepared for retirement: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
A Fidelity International report found that many Australians are ill-prepared for retirement, lacking control in the retirement planning process. Fidelity's New Life Old Life report showed that a third of older Australians who planned their retirement ...

Prime Super appoints new board directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... with my fellow directors, I look forward to working with Gemma and Bev in the years ahead as we manage the hard-earned retirement savings of more than 135,000 members from the agriculture, recruitment, healthcare, aged care, education and other industries," ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... that failed all three, APRA only named those with less than $10 billion in assets. These include Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust, BUSSQ, First Super, Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund, Perpetual ...

Rest names new independent chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... been a privilege to serve as the chair of the Rest board for the past nine years. "Protecting and growing our members' retirement savings has remained my light on the hill as has the diverse and changing needs of our members," he said. "I'm proud that ...

Advising an ageing population

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
A rapidly ageing population has changed the face of retirement. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) Professionals Congress London Business School professor Andrew Scott explained why. Kicking things off, Scott said ...

IFM Investors, UniSuper buy PRP stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... active long-term investors, we continue to look for sizeable direct opportunities that enable our members to grow their retirement savings," UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said. IFM Investors explained the LTPC Fund targets long-term investments ...