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HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... integration. This will help us innovate faster to provide more personalised services and make managing super easier...," Blakey said. She also acknowledged that "major changes like this can be challenging," and thanked members and employers for their ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... to rise unchecked while two million Australian households struggled to put food on the table... and struggle to pay bills." She said Oxfam supports the proposed reform to reduce tax discounts on super balances above $3 million, which is "an important ...

ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... were led to believe they were making a sensible decision by comparing policies; however, they were denied genuine choice," she said. "Consumers may have been encouraged to buy a funeral or life insurance policy when a cheaper or more suitable policy ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Despite persisting cost-of-living pressures, economic uncertainty, and heightened retirement costs, retirement confidence has increased from 24% in 2023 to 33% in 2025. Australia now sits just behind the US (34%) as one of the most optimistic countries ...

Aware Super recruits Marsh McLennan risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... performance, as the $200 billion industry fund strengthens its risk management strategies. Brouwer joins from Marsh McLennan, where she served as chief risk and compliance officer for the Pacific region. Her appointment comes as Australian superannuation ...

BlackRock hires Housing Australia treasury chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... executive director and senior portfolio manager for Australian fixed income, finishing up in 2013. On leaving Housing Australia, she told her LinkedIn community that it was a tough decision. "I'm very grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... accountability in an evolving reporting landscape. Most importantly, I am honoured to be serving over 1.1 million members," she stated. Since leaving S&P Global at the beginning of the year, Lucchese has been acting as executive director at Impact Alpha ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... reporting entities is very significant... it's also really important for addressing the financial system's climate risk," she said. ASIC's three-pronged approach is to provide regulatory guidance, the discretion to provide regulatory relief ...

Coalition names shadow treasurer, financial services minister

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... important because both Coalition parties are at our strongest when we harness our full intellectual and philosophical firepower," she said. National Party leader David Littleproud thanked Ley for guiding the Coalition back to a position of unity and ...

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. ...