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Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... and consumer confidence weakening, how central banks navigate inflation in 2026 will have a direct impact on Australian workers' wages, job security, and long-term retirement outcomes. "The new year has just begun, but we've already seen that the geopolitical ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... Danielle Wood said. "Our final suite of recommendations, if fully implemented, would add billions to the economy, benefiting workers, households and businesses today and into the future. "No single policy reform can bring productivity growth back to ...

Trustees up sponsorship deals, Hostplus takes lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... $3.7 million went to Accounting Concepts. The rest of the money went to unions and associations, namely the Australian Workers Union ($172k), master Builders Association of Victoria ($105k), Electrical Trades Union ($99k) and Printing Industries Association ...

Treasury seeks feedback on major super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... $500 to $810 to reflect the Superannuation Guarantee rate of 12% per cent. Treasury said this will support low-income workers to build retirement savings by ensuring they receive a fairer tax concession on their superannuation contributions, by aligning ...

Increases coming for veterans' superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... to $810 to account for recent increases in the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) rate. "This change will provide low-income workers with a fairer tax concession on their super contributions to align with recent increases in the SG rate and the government's ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
The super industry is urging the government to scrap the "outdated" law that denies super to most under-18 workers, which is also increasing the gender gap and costing women up to $11,000 at retirement. The new analysis comes as a Pyxis survey found ...

Cbus appoints chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... unique responsibility to protect and enhance the interests and retirement outcomes of its more than 900,000 members and workers across Australia." "With more than $105 billion in funds under management, Cbus is exceptionally well positioned to continue ...

AI to maximise returns for super members: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... overly cautious during early career stages when riskier, higher-return investments could be more beneficial for younger workers. The study and Urwin highlighted a dissonance between conservative investment strategies and the need for better long-term ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... series of "pro-member" reforms. "The approach in the Bill strikes a balance between maximising member choice, ensuring workers are presented with options, and knowing that they are in the best performing product for them, while continuing to ensure that ...

Super SA introduces indexed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... investment offerings and introduce the new options. Triple S is the default scheme for South Australian public sector workers if they joined on or after 4 May 1994. Before this it was the Lump Sum Scheme, which is still running, and prior to 30 May 1986 ...