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Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... labelling Grattan an "anti-retirement group" and slamming its aspirations for the retirement income system as akin to a "welfare state". "A Jansenite model of retirement where the few are destined for a dignified retirement and the working classes are ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... head of strategic advisory Jessica Melville said the superannuation system has never been more important to the financial welfare of Australians. "Assets are now 151% of GDP. Large asset owners have the opportunity to shape the next 10 years and are ...

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... No Means ­- ANU academics Gaurav Khemka, Yifu Tang and Geoff Warren examined how different levels of SG impact on the welfare of individual Australians under current super, tax and pension eligibility rules. According to the research, the optimal SG ...

Government fund appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... QSuper's history," QSuper chief executive Mike Pennisi said. Luke said: "I've had a passion for superannuation and the welfare of its members for a great deal of my working life." "I have developed enormous respect for QSuper from working in ...

Planners can prevent financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... allows him to contact family members or support networks, if appropriate, to enquire about the client's mental state and welfare. Kathy Havers, executive financial adviser at Viridian, has her practice as an adviser informed by her own experiences as ...

VanEck changes tack on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... than 'A'. It also screens out companies with certain business activities (adult entertainment, alcohol, animal welfare, civilian firearms, conventional weapons, controversial weapons, fossil fuels, gambling, genetically modified organisms, nuclear ...

Centuria acquires fund manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... largest contributors to Australia's gross domestic product at 10.3%, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Centuria chief executive John McBain said the move was "another important step", in the firm's growth path. "Centuria Heathley ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... Australians are being funnelled into industries such as gambling that are responsible for the erosion of savings and general welfare." Research conducted by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia showed that 86% of millennials and 73% of ...

Industry super fund appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... and stockbroking. After financial services, Haddock worked in several non-executive directorships and Catholic Church welfare organisations. In 2012, he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia. "I would like to thank the board, management and ...

Chief economist update: RBA May cut, May not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... stability of the currency of Australia; the maintenance of full employment in Australia; and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia." In discerning the RBA's next move, we must look at what it saw at its last meeting and if ...