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BUSSQ lowers administration fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... administration fees and costs of up to a maximum of $1000 per year, plus $91 regardless of the account balance. After the change, a member with $50,000 in their account will be charged, or have deducted, $91 in administration fees and costs up to a maximum ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
A class action that was filed against AMP for charging excessive superannuation fees is finally being heard in court, with the trial kicking off today. In 2019, following the Royal Commission, several law firms sought to commence class actions against ...

Industry groups hammer out guidance on tax-deductible advice fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), in consultation with leading accounting bodies, has released new guidance on tax-deductible advice fees. The guidance follows the release of the ATO Tax Determination in September last year, which the ...

Aware Super cuts fees for retiree members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... administration fee for retirement income and retirement transition members from June 1. The fee will drop from 0.23% of a member's balance to 0.17%. At the same time, the maximum annual admin fee on a retirement account is dropping to $1300, down from ...

Challenger adds to board director lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... served as an independent non-executive director since 2012 and is chair of the Group People and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Group Risk, Group Audit, Independent and Related Party, and Nomination Committees. West thanked Stephenson for ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... because the income threshold has remained unchanged since its introduction in 2017. Cbus deputy chief executive and chief member officer Marianne Walker said the freeze is affecting many members. "Many young tradies, apprentices, and women in construction ...

Centrepoint Alliance locks in hundreds of Brighter Super advice clients

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
Centrepoint Alliance, which entered into an agreement to acquire the advice book of Brighter Super, has confirmed that most eligible members opted to stay in the transition. Centrepoint Alliance snaped up the comprehensive advice book of ESI Financial ...

ANZ Staff Super loses investment head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... two strategic appointments. Jo McKinstray assumes the deputy head role, while Carolyn Tait takes on the newly established member experience lead position. McKinstray brings considerable institutional knowledge, having served as a member-elected director ...

Super moves: Future Fund, WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... two-year break. Simon James has returned to the investment business in Australia to work with clients. In his role as a senior member of the credit manager research team, he was responsible for researching fixed income and credit managers across both ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Australians in default investment options could collectively be $46 billion better off with age-based personalised strategies, according to analysis from Russell Investments. Russell Investments, the operator of the Russell Investments Master Trust ...