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'Turbulent' environment expected in 2025: Robeco

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
Robeco has forecasted another challenging year for the global economy, marked by conflicting signals and complex dynamics, in its 2025 economic outlook titled This is not a landing. Robeco said the US economy shows signs of continued resilience, despite ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... has been provided with a new investment mandate and statement of expectations, with the government opting to defer drawing down on the fund until at least FY33. This is to allow the fund time to make meaningful investments in areas of national priority ...

Coalition urges super funds to push for QAR reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... pressuring the Albanese government on implementing those reforms and to cut red tape and regulation to bring the price of advice down." Howarth said the superannuation industry is shifting as more members reach retirement age and require advice on how ...

Australian Unity Office Fund to be wound up

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... of the return of sale proceeds. This was first flagged in August when it offloaded the Canberra asset. It has been selling down the portfolio for some time now after independent valuations shaved tens of millions off its value. "If approval for the delisting ...

ASIC flags 'consistently weak' claims processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... provide data to ASIC about their end-to-end claims handling times, saying many didn't have systems in place for them to draw down the necessary data without significant manual work. "Even then, the data initially provided to us was generally of poor ...

Chalmers teases superannuation update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... to the parliament on Wednesday about the progress that Australians have made together when it comes to getting inflation down and wages up and rolling out cost-of-living help at the same time as we reform our economy for the future. "We will have more ...

HESTA to pay members impacted by COVID revaluations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
HESTA has agreed to make payments to two cohorts of members impacted by valuation decisions made by the fund in March 2020. APRA said in March 2020, HESTA made downwards adjustments to five single sector Choice options invested in unlisted assets but ...

Lack of action on menopause driving gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... said they had to alter their career in some form, including reduced working hours, changing their career path, or stepping down from leadership roles. About 14% said they'd left the workforce early because of menopause; Macquarie Business School estimates ...

Admin and compliance taking up 56% of advice practice costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... future depends on a strong data infrastructure foundation. "The research makes evident a severe disconnect between the top-down technology solutions and bottom-up practitioner challenges. The 'fracture' stems from a lack of standard data and ...

Chief member officer departs Rest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
After a near decade-long career with Rest, Deborah Potts will step down from her role as chief member officer and finish up with the fund in mid-December. The $90 billion superannuation fund has started the search for her replacement. Chief executive ...