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Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... Super Members Council chief executive Misha Schubert reiterating the point in the wake of Dutton's speech. "Raiding retirement savings for house deposits would just unleash a supercharged price hike in house prices, not create more new home buyers," ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... identifies in a company, adding that, as a long-term active manager, the fund's role is to allocate members' retirement savings to the companies it believes are most likely to create value over the years to come. "We needed to see a sensible ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... advice to both mass affluent and high net worth clients in a range of areas including superannuation, investments, retirement planning, aged care and life insurance," Molesworth said. "Through this merger, our clients can access inhouse specialists who ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Members Council (SMC) said the government should use $500 million a year from the super tax windfall to strengthen retirement for low-income workers. "The Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) has been frozen since it was introduced 13 years ago, effectively ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the draft legislation is that it appears to give super trustees the ability to collectively charge for comprehensive retirement advice," Abood said. Abood said, "this is concerning on many levels," warning the cost of collectively charged retirement ...

Australians 'overwhelmed' by retirement: Aware

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Sixty-three percent of Australians aged 45 and over are concerned or anxious about retirement according to Aware Super's State of Retirement report, with almost nine in 10 people worried they will run out of money. The research found one in 10 people ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... Treasury is proposing they do so where it relates to contributions, investment options, insurance held through super, and retirement income. In terms of what personal circumstances may be considered in the provision of that advice, Treasury has suggested ...

Mine Super and TWUSUPER merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... investment officer, while Matthew Licheri is the chief operating officer. In February, Sarah Forman joined as chief retirement officer from Aware Super. Mario Garrido took on the role of chief growth officer and Keith Wells-Jansz is now chief financial ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... continue until its last member dies - estimated to be in 2084. Defined contribution members, meanwhile, take a lump sum at retirement. Overall, State Super's funds are shrinking, but at different speeds. The defined benefit side, essentially a long pension ...

TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... annuities. Overall, his work helped improve price competitiveness - one of the company's major growth strategies in the retirement income market. At CommInsure, Archer introduced private credit as a new asset class and designed liability-driven investments ...