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Martin Fahy to step down as ASFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
Martin Fahy will exit the top job after seven years in the role and Gary Dransfield will take over as an interim replacement. Fahy took up the position in 2016 and is due to depart in the coming weeks. The super advocacy body said the former chief led ...

MySuper inches to $1tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... years annualised returns, while retail funds achieved 4.8%. Interestingly, there are 76 retail super fund providers, down seven from a year ago, while there are only 26 industry super funds, which have only lost two providers over the period. In terms ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... BNPL is a "fintech success story" which has created many opportunities across the Australian economy. "There are now around seven million active BNPL accounts in Australia. The average BNPL consumer uses it for 18.2 transactions per annum, with an average ...

Liverpool Partners invests in AI

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... stake in Australian hyper-automation and artificial intelligence consulting firm Simplyai. As part of the deal, former Seven Group Holdings group chief operating officer and Accenture Digital managing director James Scott will join Simplyai as its new ...

UBS outlines new operating model, leadership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... to ensure that UBS Group has effective oversight, UBS added. The combined firm will operate with five business divisions, seven functions and four regions, and each will be represented by a group executive board member, all of whom will report to UBS ...

Payday super to boost retirement savings for millions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... retirement and drastically curb Australia's "unpaid super scourge" which has cost workers $33 billion over the last seven years. ISA analysis also indicates that payday super will benefit over one million lower paid and younger women who are disproportionately ...

High returns flow from water rights

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... achieve a 10% per annum return net of fees through the cycle, and we recommend that people consider this over a five- to seven-year horizon, given climate cycles in Australia." Waters believes investing in a portfolio of Australian water entitlements ...

The four stages of retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... a wonderful phase," he said. "You've freed yourself from the shackles of the calendar that forces you to wake up at seven to go to the office... And you can play as much golf as you want. You might have a couple of stiff joints, but overall, all ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... insurance. It said five of the 15 trustees have started providing annual insurance statements that set out key information; seven have recently conducted consumer testing of their communications to make improvements; and more have made changes to communications ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... age, and that's what shapes their behaviour more." According to Ralph's research, within Australia today there are seven tribes: Inner City Progressives (18.3%), Activist Egalitarians (18.2%), Ambitious Savers (9.9%), Pissed Off Pessimists (12.2%) ...