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Draft changes to super disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
The government has released for consultation, draft regulations outlining changes to disclosure requirements for superannuation annual members' meeting notices. Minister for financial services Stephen Jones' office said: "To support members ...

Is the wage price spiral narrative a lie?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... executive bonuses." "It also reiterates that wage growth, which is lagging well behind CPI, is not driving inflation." The Union added: "Businesses have ample room to absorb cost increases but are instead choosing to hike up prices to support record ...

Aaron Santelises joins ART board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... Retirement Trust has announced Aaron Santelises has joined its board of directors, effective June 30. Santelises replaces union finance specialist Mark Goodey who stepped down from the board on March 31. Goodey was a board trustee of Sunsuper from January ...

Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
The government's Treasury review into the operation of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) laws and MySuper performance tests has had a mixed reception. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the government is ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
A new co-investment scheme, backed by family offices and institutional investors, will be made available to first responders and frontline workers, helping them secure a property close to their workplace. Launched today, the Home Owners' Partnering ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... by third parties, including an instance in which unions connected with two of the funds that had products fail contacted union members. In turn, ASIC contacted the unions reminding them financial services laws apply to them in terms of member communications ...

Active Super kickstarts reward program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... need to appreciate, however, that they are joining a third-party loyalty programme, albeit one regulated through European Union General Protection of Data (GDPR) laws."

The ongoing evolution of super: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' ASI Conference has returned as a live event for the first time since 2019, with Eva Scheerlinck reflecting on how far the industry has come as it celebrates the 30 th anniversary of the Superannuation ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
The California Senate passed a bill overnight prohibiting the United States' two largest public pension funds from investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies and require them to divest any existing holdings by 2030. The California ...

JBWere seals strategic alliance with Lombard Odier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
JBWere and Lombard Odier have announced an official signing of a strategic alliance agreement. The agreement formalises JBWere's onshore access to Lombard Odier's global diversified and risk-based investment offerings for their high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth ...