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Australians 'overwhelmed' by retirement: Aware

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... are concerned or anxious about retirement according to Aware Super's State of Retirement report, with almost nine in 10 people worried they will run out of money. The research found one in 10 people retired later than they expected, with 55% citing financial ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... the system is mature enough and the Superannuation Guarantee contributions aren't growing sufficiently fast, so that when people exit, they take out lump sums," Livanas said. "Some of the smaller funds are actually suffering negative cash flows, much ...

Frontier promotes staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... developing analyst pool by hiring Eros Reid, a finance graduate. Chief executive Andrew Polson said it is pleasing to see people rising through the firm's ranks. "We're delighted to be able to recognise and reward talent and hard work. At the ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... in the super sector, particularly when it comes to delayed insurance claims - which he said is "just not good enough". "People are going to look at their superannuation fund in exactly the same way they look at any other financial institution, whether ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... big problem down the track, ultimately costing the economy in lost productivity," Stubley said. "If we want to help young people and make a real economic impact, we need to focus on the school to work transition, supporting young people into meaningful ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... ensuring that we have technology-neutral legislation. In short, it is about ensuring that there are more safe doors for people to enter and get financial advice and information."

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... is proposing to cut fund managers' pay if they record a loss or return 10% less than their performance benchmarks. People familiar with the matter said that under the draft plan, fund returns will account for at least half of the weighting in senior ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... deficit ratio this year is 1.7% higher than 2024. We think that is basically enough to support 5% GDP growth," he said. "Most people assume that the tariffs will drag down GDP by about 0.6% to 1.2%. Even if we use the pessimistic assumption that the ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... deliberately underpay staff. SMC data also revealed the federal electorates with the worst unpaid super records by the amount of people underpaid, the worst being Lalor in Victoria, with the percentage of people being underpaid being 29%, with an average ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
MLC Life has recruited a new general manager to help drive growth in the individual life insurance segment. Imran Lalani has been appointed general manager of emerging individual markets. He joins MLC Life Insurance with extensive experience in leadership ...