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Super tough sell for First Nations people: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... understand what the community wants, and then potentially amplify those voices through their channels." Usher said super funds can drive initiatives that put pressure on the government and incentivise the industry. "For example, the preservation age ...

Multiple moves in Aware investments team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... default investment option, MySuper Lifecycle option, cementing its place as one of Australia's top-performing super funds. The performance results also come at a time of immense innovation for the fund with two major digital transformation projects. ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... Super's website, disclosure documents and on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. "There is much competition among super funds for new members, and we know that funds seek to attract members with promises their investments will not be exposed to certain ...

Australia a "most exciting place" for GQG: Barker

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... the wholesale market, which is exactly what we did here - we came down, built a solid base of investors amongst the super funds, and then went out and built a team to service the wholesale and advisory market." "Australia presents a strong area of growth ...

Trustees to disclose more remuneration details

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... how it wants trustees to annually publish information on remuneration frameworks, design, governance, and outcomes. Super funds are now allowed six months from the end of the financial year to make remuneration disclosures from the time they lodge annual ...

Aware Super details new term deposit option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... all their super invested in growth assets, we know many people value the certainty of a fixed rate of return." While super funds typically invest in term deposits, they're rarely on offer as a standalone investment option and members don't receive guaranteed ...

New product lead at Equip Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... The addition of the former Mercer heavy hitter with deep roots in superannuation comes amid mounting concerns that super funds aren't doing enough to help their members move into retirement. The prudential regulator and corporate cop last week complained ...

Advisers lacking PII sidestep AFCA rulings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... complaints that arose from the superannuation sector soared 31% to 6957. A large chunk of the complaints stemmed from super funds and insurers delaying the payment of death benefits. This rose a whopping 136% annually. Singh said that many super funds ...

BTR may create generation of tenants: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... renting. "The key element for Australians is the economic wealth that gets generated out of property," he said. "Are super funds now just creating a generation of tenants and not enabling property in retirement? "The BTR model has got a lot of attraction ...

Retail super funds plan to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Centric Super is set to merge with encircle Super following the latter's trustee, Avanteos Investments, announcing the fund's closure. In a parallel development, Colonial First State Investments is also stepping down as the operator of encircle's managed ...