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Super fund consolidation to accelerate: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Australia's superannuation industry is poised for accelerated consolidation, with most existing funds set to disappear, according to a Mercer report. The report noted that during the 2023/24 financial year, the number of APRA-regulated super funds declined ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones has confirmed Tranche 2 off the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms will be released before the upcoming election. Speaking to Financial Standard, Jones said Tranche 2 has ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
Speaking at Financial Standard 's Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO), Martyn Simpson, senior investment officer from Colchester Global Investors, discussed the potential impact of tariffs and some of the inflationary issues markets may yet face. In terms ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
Australian Unity chief executive and group managing director Rohan Mead will retire at the end of this year, closing the book on a 21-year tenure at the financial services company. Australian Unity is now on the hunt for his successor, with an internal ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The Grattan Institute is once again calling for the simplification of Australia's retirement income system, saying it should be a policy priority for whoever wins this year's federal election. Releasing its Orange Book 2025: Policy priorities for the ...

Ord Minnett poaches Perpetual advisers amid hiring spree

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
Ord Minnett (Ords) has added nine new senior advisers to its ranks - seven from Perpetual and two from FIIG Securities - as part of a broader push to grow its client and adviser base. Former Perpetual partners Malissa Tobias, Mark Heffernan, and Con ...

CareSuper to merge with meat industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
CareSuper is set to merge with a $1 billion industry fund with 56,000 members. The $56 billion super fund, which has around 550,000, has struck a binding agreement to merge with the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF). CareSuper chair ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... time as their salary and wages, which the government said will ensure "workers earn more, keep more of what they earn, and retire with more as well." Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said that switching to payday super means a 25-year-old on a median ...

ART appoints insurance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
Australian Retirement Trust has appointed the interim head of insurance to the job permanently. Matthew Finney is now chief executive of ART Life, an APRA-regulated insurance entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of the superannuation giant. Finney was ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Despite a near 10% fall in electricity prices in the December quarter, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) data indicates the cost of maintaining a comfortable retirement has increased further over the past 12 months. The cost ...