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Super fund looks to AI

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... utilisation and how it gives our members improved help and insights so they can be more confident in achieving their retirement goals." Baker brings a wealth of expertise in data and innovation to Aware Super, her career included significant roles at ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... investment opportunities within the US. Treasurer Jim Chalmers addressed the summit, essentially serving up Australia's retirement pool and hoping the US will return the favour by importing more Australian minerals. "The US has enjoyed an uninterrupted ...

NGS Super shutters direct investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... launched to all members with $7000 or more in their account, in 2021 it closed the option to members with Transition to Retirement accounts citing "very low" demand. The fund anticipates the option will close by June 30, but said it is working with OneVue ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... assets, and private assets - to private assets. Australia's two largest super funds - AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust - invested about 22% of their assets in private markets. About half of these private assets are international exposures. ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... proposal obtained by Financial Standard outlines voluntary principles for the design and delivery of superannuation retirement income solutions, extending beyond the obligations of the Retirement Income Covenant. The principles seek to help trustees ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... The Going Global report said Australians' superannuation assets are one of the largest and fastest growing pools of retirement savings in the world. "As the system has grown and matured, Australian pension funds have been increasingly investing in international ...

Cost-of-living continues to rock retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Research by Colonial First State (CFS) finds Australians have adjusted their retirement expectations in the last 12 months to a more modest outlook, with cost-of-living pressures being the main cause. Based on a national survey of 2250 Australians ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... Superannuation Investment Summit said they would be "going into bat for the interests of millions of Australians" with retirement savings invested in the US - "scouring the globe for the best deals to boost returns." "The landmark summit positions Australia's ...

UniSuper targets 'missing middle' with new digital advice offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... partnership with Ignition Advice to provide its members with personal advice on superannuation, insurance, investments, and retirement options. The $149 billion industry fund said the partnership expands its financial advice offering to the "missing ...

Next decade could bring back the conservative portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) chief economist Brian Parker told the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum that investors should be wary of the coming decade, with more volatility expected. "The last 10 to 20 years, we have seen a rising tide ...