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MLC completes full Retirement Boost rollout for advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... The retirement income phase of MLC Retirement Boost can be used as a standalone solution or alongside an account-based pension. It is designed to deliver a tax-free retirement income for life, with investment flexibility and potential Age Pension advantages ...

Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... increased by 12.5% to $139.9 billion in the year as a result of lump sum payments rising by 13.8% to $77.6 billion and pension payments increasing by 10.8% to $62.3 billion. SMSF assets also rose to $1.06 trillion, up from $1 trillion in December 2024 ...

Aware Super launches digital advice tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... the past month of testing, Aware Super said the tool has led to a big uplift in retirees choosing more than the minimum pension which it said demonstrated the platform's ability to boost members' confidence in their retirement planning. Results of Retirement ...

CFS cuts ties with Otivo, launches own super advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... Otivo digital advice service is no longer available across the FirstChoice Employer and FirstChoice Wholesale Super and Pension products. Taking its place is Super Advice, which is free to members, offering simple, tailored guidance on superannuation ...

A comfortable retirement now costs more than ever

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... for singles and $120,000 for couples, up from the previous $100,000 for both groups. ASFA attributed the rise to the Age Pension not being able to keep pace with retirees' cost of living. "Retirees' living costs have risen, and support from the ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... has liquidated US$1.4 billion worth of assets from several private credit strategies and sold them to four unnamed major pension funds and insurance companies. The redemption includes US$600 million of direct lending investments from Blue Owl Capital ...

Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... members and fund trustees and should be developed through a total balance sheet lens, with a focus on super and the Age Pension in member calculations, it said. However, these solutions, along with the advice gap, "face the same hurdles to wider consumer ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... capital markets also moving to the Emirates. Herbert Chang has taken up the role of head of capital markets at the Abu Dhabi Pension Fund, following in the footsteps of ART's former deputy investment chief Charles Woodhouse, who joined as investment ...

Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... Australian Navy veteran Peter Williamson called on the government to make him whole after it came to light his military pension may have been unfairly reduced. Williamson retired from the Navy in 1982 and was a member of the Defence Force Retirement ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
To thrive in providing SMSF advice, financial advisers must gain specialist skills, technical competencies and work on strengthening their professional judgement, according to the SMSF Association. Advisers are urged to do better particularly in the ...