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Aware Super completes first UK deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
Aware Super has completed its first infrastructure engagement in the UK, investing in London-based euNetworks. euNetworks builds and invests in city and long-haul fibre networks to connect European data hubs and centres. It operates across 18 cities ...

UK regulators propose framework for workplace pension schemes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
UK regulators have proposed rules for a new 'Value for Money' framework for default workplace defined contribution pension schemes, which has been likened to an "evolved version" of the APRA performance test. The joint framework, developed by the Financial ...

ASIC calls out licensees: 'We will take action'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland issued a blunt warning to licensees not meeting their obligations. Speaking at an industry event, Kirkland said the regulator has spent two years warning licensees to ...

Super fund engagement peaks among members with $250k+ balances: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
An Investment Trends report has identified a clear inflection point for member engagement with superannuation funds. The 2024 Super Member Engagement report, based on a survey of 10,886 respondents, provided an analysis of member attitudes, satisfaction ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
In the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers formally announced a raft of measures to support women, many of which were flagged ahead of time. This includes the $925.2 million over five years to provide support for victim-survivors leaving a violent ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Financial advisers, licensees, and superannuation trustees are facing the ire of ASIC after an investigation found they are profiting from boiler room tactics that convince members to switch funds. An overwhelming number of members are goaded into leaving ...

UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
UniSuper is working to resolve an ongoing system outage impacting the entire business, assuring disgruntled members it is not the result of a data breach. The $135 billion super fund's online systems have been disrupted this week, with its 665,000 ...

Aussies underestimate life insurance's importance: Investment Trends

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
There is a gap in perception among Australians of life insurance as a crucial component of financial stability, according to an Investment Trends Consumer Insurance Needs report. The report said out of the 20 million adult Australians, 6.7 million have ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Australians believe they need $1.6 million to be financially comfortable in retirement, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) finds, but they cannot agree on what living comfortably looks like. This is well above Association of Superannuation ...