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Rest welcomes chief financial officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... experience and knowledge is a welcome contribution to Rest as we continue to focus on delivering the best possible retirement outcomes for our nearly two million members," Doyle said. "I'm extremely pleased that John is bringing his wide industry ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... stops. "That's why we pivoted to a lifestyle planning approach. Even for HNW clients, it is not about achieving investment outcomes, it's about achieving lifestyle outcomes." To some extent, the report suggested money motivations of HNW clients mirror ...

Payday super timing, deliberate: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... independent consultant and adviser Stephen Huppert said pushing back the start date is a little bit disappointing due to the member impact. "I suspect the main thing is to keep the employers happy," he explained in a recent episode of the Financial Standard ...

Superhero Super swallows Smartsave, overhauls offerings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... have significantly raised the complexity and cost of administering superannuation funds, potentially leading to poor outcomes for members in cases where there isn't sufficient scale," the notice read. Superhero Super and Smartsave are sub-plans of ...

Retirement phase of superannuation consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... their retirement. Under the Retirement Income Covenant, trustees must undertake an analysis of members to assess member outcomes that could nudge them towards settings that better suit their circumstances. "These settings could include a range of features ...

SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... below the threshold the following year." Linking tax to movements in capital markets will give rise to big swings in a member's tax liability from one year to the next making liquidity management extremely difficult, he added. Burgess also lamented the ...

Link names retirement, super product lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... presents a fantastic opportunity to deliver leading solutions, integrated platforms and solutions that solve for the best outcomes in retirement for our clients," she said. "Jonathan is a proven change agent and innovator with a bias for action, and ...

On-platform TDPs miss performance test benchmarks, worst on fees: APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... administration fees. The prudential regulator's analysis based on the 2023 superannuation performance test showed that 56% of member accounts in platform TDPs managed by RSE licensees underperformed their benchmark, with almost a third of these accounts ...

ASFA appoints Mary Delahunty as chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023
... responsible for the fund's growth, policy formulation and investment practices, which all aimed to advance member outcomes. She also holds several board positions, including in regtech and education, and was a 2015 Churchill Fellow awarded for international ...

Product modernisation will strengthen retirement outcomes: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
New research commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) highlights the case for a mechanism to support broader "modernisation" of superannuation and managed investment schemes. The report suggests current legislative and tax settings are inconsistent ...