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Relaxed superannuation preservation rules will sink returns: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
A Frontier report, commissioned by the Super Members Council, has argued that current preservation rules provide super funds with the flexibility to invest in unlisted assets, and warned that permanently relaxing these rules will decrease long-term ...

Patience urged over 'shortsighted' super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... course of action - there is one group of SMSF members facing a difficult choice. "Division 296 tax depends heavily on how a member's 'total super balance' changes from year to year," Heffron said. "Currently, a member who has a complying lifetime pension ...

Hearts & Minds appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... announced the elevation of Maggie O'Neil to the position from head of marketing and operations. As a founding team member of Hearts & Minds, O'Neill has played a key role in growing the firm into one of Australia's leading corporate givers ...

PRI chief executive David Atkin to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Industry veteran David Atkin will step down as chief executive of the Principles for Responsible Investment next year, giving the UN-backed body for institutional investors ample time to find his replacement. Atkin, who joined the PRI in 2021, replaced ...

Prime Super calls time on sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Prime Super will remove the SRI Balanced option from its investments lineup, saying its performance failed to meet expectations. The $8 billion industry superannuation fund will close the option on June 4, it confirmed. "After a period of observation ...

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners adds to APAC leadership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... sales and client engagement capabilities." Scaysbrook thanked Kerr for his contribution. "Rob has been a highly valued member of the Quinbrook senior team for the past eight years and has been instrumental in raising considerable capital for multiple ...

Panic selling of SMSF assets 'totally unnecessary'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... the facts". Busoli said assuming the policy is passed into law and commences on July 1, the cap would only be on a per member basis and the additional 15% tax would only be applicable to earnings attributable to balances in excess of $3 million. "There ...

SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... economy by channeling savings into investments, it added. "Australia's $2 trillion pool of super savings in profit-to-member super funds has not only improved the lives of working people but also generated national prosperity," SMC executive general ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
Australia's top advice associations are eagerly anticipating meaningful and swift changes to take place under new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, optimistic that critical reforms in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and Delivering ...

NAB MySuper class action settlement approved

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
The Federal Court approved the $65 million settlement that was reached in December. At the end of 2024, MLC Super Fund, NULIS Nominees and MLC Nominees agreed to settle the class action that was brought against it for deferring the transition of members ...