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Super's operational infrastructure 'not quite right'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
The super sector's "underdeveloped" operational infrastructure has been highlighted as a main area of concern in a new research report from the Conexus Institute. The report highlighted failures in member servicing - which have been heightened in the ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... on super boards. The ACTU said the Coalition's proposals are "another attempt to destroy the super system" that Australians value. ACTU assistant secretary Joseph Mitchel said most Australians trust their retirement savings to the super funds with ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial advisers will need to improve public awareness to win over millions of Australians, many of whom still don't know what an adviser does or how they add value, according to an intelliflo whitepaper. The emphasis to articulate what a professional ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Nikola Garevski has joined Victorian Funds Management Corporation as a senior equities analyst. Garevski landed at the $92 billion VFMC from AustralianSuper, where he was a senior risk analyst on an eight-month contract. Previously, he spent over four ...

Treasury consults on genetic test ban in life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... own regime, which vary in complexity and specificity," he said. "The Albanese government is committed to providing Australians with the confidence to undergo potentially life-saving genetic testing without fear of it affecting their life insurance." ...

Australians don't trust politicians with their super: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Australians overwhelmingly distrust the government on superannuation taxes and are wary of placing their confidence in the opposition, according to a new nationwide poll. The nationally representative poll, commissioned by the Financial Services Council ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... housing costs and still afford other essentials. "Rent Assistance materially reduces housing stress among low-income Australians. But the maximum payment rate is inadequate. Rent Assistance covers only 30% of the cost of renting a cheap one-bedroom home ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... Transition to Retirement, Retirement Income Stream, household view, age pension, and implementation would help provide more Australians access to the benefits of financial advice and support. "We're very supportive of reforms that help to improve retirement ...

Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... now building a fourth, transformed by technology and powered by cleaner and cheaper energy. An economy that ensures Australians are primary beneficiaries of all the churn and change occurring around the world." Chalmers said Australia has faced three ...

AMP launching 'market first' digital advice solution for super members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... Melinda Howes said the Retirement Health Check - the first of its new advice journeys to come to market - recognises Australians need help navigating a retirement system they often find daunting and overly complex. "The solution aims to cut through this ...