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HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
HESTA has completed the transition of its member administration services to GROW Inc, restoring online services after a seven-week disruption to transactions and app access. HESTA, which has over one million members, said this marked the end of one ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... Appearing on the Today show this morning, Canavan and Greens leader Larissa Waters debated the viability of the superannuation tax, which will potentially see a 15% increase in taxes applied to the proportion of super savings exceeding the $3 million ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) says superannuation funds have the power to provide a sophisticated and personalised approach to meet members' retirement needs and must prioritise this amid the government applying pressure via the Retirement ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... forward in reducing growing inequality." "To improve the integrity of our progressive tax system, we want to see superannuation and other tax loopholes closed for big corporations and the richest 1%," she said. "This is the most effective tool we have ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... past six months, SSGA found. Of those that did, 68% sought advice from an independent adviser and 37% from their superannuation fund. Interestingly, 40% refused to seek advice as they were confident in their own abilities - however this confidence does ...

AMP launches superannuation feature to boost retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
AMP has launched AMP Super Lifetime; a superannuation feature it claims could lift members' retirement incomes by over $100,000 in the first decade post-work. AMP Super Lifetime runs automatically in the background of a member's super account, creating ...

Iress completes sale of super business

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Iress has today completed the sale of its superannuation business to Apex Group. Apex Group purchased the super business for $40 million cash and additional payments of up to $20 million over 12 months subject to agreed revenue milestones. The terms ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Superannuation is the number one topic Australians want financial advice on, however a significant proportion have little to no idea they can pay for it through their super. Based on a survey of 2250 Australians, Colonial First State's (CFS) Empowered ...

ART pinged by ASIC over misleading returns data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... Lifecycle Investment Strategy's performance was better than it truly was," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "Superannuation is the largest asset of many Australians outside their family home. This notice is a reminder that it is imperative that Australian ...

Regal Partners charts US expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... changes, the phasing out of bank hybrids and the federal government's plans to tax unrealised gains within high superannuation balances," O'Connor said. "Importantly, this type of multi-strategy product has only been made possible because of the acquisitions ...