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Challenger adds to board director lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... includes designing and implementing governance and risk structures, will be an asset as we continue to grow our leading retirement and income franchise. "David brings a strong focus on customer and digital innovation, which will be highly valuable as ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... income threshold is leaving young tradies, apprentices, and women in construction, without support that would give their retirement savings a boost. Cbus said the number of its members receiving LISTO has declined over the past five years because the ...

ANZ Staff Super loses investment head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... corporate funds, may be considering merger options. Potential partners mentioned in market discussions include Australian Retirement Trust (which acquired CBA's scheme), Equip, or Mercer. Interestingly, following Dias's departure, ANZ Staff Super ...

New gigs for Qantas Super execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Three Qantas Super executives have landed in new roles following the merger of the fund with Australian Retirement Trust in March. This is in addition to the appointment of Qantas Super boss Michael Clancy to the top investment job at REST Super. Clancy ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... data, over the five years to March 2025. It calculated that 14.5 million MySuper accounts would've achieved an average retirement savings uplift of 6.6% over the period if their investments had been aligned to their age. Russell Investments head of Asia ...

Rest lands new chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... role and is set to commence in August 2025. He led Qantas Super for over nine years, until it merged with Australian Retirement Trust. The decision to merge followed a board review of Qantas Super's size, growth trajectory, and legislative and regulatory ...

MLC Expand reduces fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... are aggregated for fee purposes. McCarthy added the price reduction is a "perfect example" of committing to improving retirement outcomes and fostering simplicity for advisers. "The combination of reduced fees and some of the most competitive fee caps ...

Nest drops $930m into new IFM Investors fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... investment via the new fund will be made in the coming months. "IFM exists to invest, protect, and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people, and we're proud to support Nest in unlocking the income and risk-adjusted return potential of ...

Equip Super, TelstraSuper terminate merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... that the fund remains in a healthy position, seeing positive net member growth, high member advocacy, and a growing retirement segment. As at December end, TelstraSuper had 97,420 member accounts, some 71,540 of which were active. The median account ...

Vanguard Super leads in organic growth: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... 2020 to 40% in 2025. During the same period, retail funds shrank from 24.5% to 22.7%. AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust maintained their dominance in both AUM and membership numbers. The industry now consists of eight "mega funds," with ...