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Senior Cbus investment manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
Cbus' head of total portfolio management has left the fund, while a former JANA executive has joined its infrastructure team. Hired three years ago, Cbus head of total portfolio management Mark Ferguson has departed. hE was responsible for asset ...

Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... Senator Andrew Bragg said the Inquiry was recalibrated to assess how policy could improve retirement outcomes by letting Australians use their superannuation to purchase a home. "In the course of our inquiry, it has been made clear to the Committee that ...

SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
Super Members Council (SMC) has slammed the Coalition's plan for young Australians to use their super for a house deposit, saying new modelling shows it could cost taxpayers a cumulative $1 trillion. SMC said even a policy which capped super withdrawals ...

Advisers must unite for major reforms: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... wealth transfer, which Perth-based Boyce said is the "overall tailwind for our industry." "It's important for Australians to be able to access advice, and that was the core and crux of what drives this work," she said. The panel will also discuss ...

J.P. Morgan hit with $775k penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... deputy chair Sarah Court said. "Farmers use these contracts to manage wheat price fluctuations which can affect what Australians pay at the checkout." Court said market participants are the gatekeepers to Australia's markets, and they need to uphold ...

HESTA names chief financial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... officer at HESTA has given me a deep appreciation of everything our members do to look after the health and wellbeing of Australians. I'm excited to join the HESTA executive team and to continue supporting HESTA in delivering strong performance for ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... digital innovation Jason Nyilas formed last year but never officially launched until today. The group aims to help Australians access affordable and accessible advice. It will also contribute to the FSC's policy development to support the passage ...

ART names advice and education leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... years' expertise in financial services and superannuation to these roles," Fuchs said. "We want to help as many Australians as we can with advice on their simple retirement needs, so we can build awareness of the value of advice and encourage more ...

Super for housing 'economically reckless': SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has warned that encouraging young Australians to use their superannuation for a house deposit could dramatically drive-up house prices and deplete their retirement savings. "We all desperately want more Australians to ...

AustralianSuper announces insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
AustralianSuper will introduce a new age-based insurance cover scale for members aged 15 to 25 from June 1 this year. New age-based cover amounts will automatically start on June 1 for members younger than 25 years old because they have made certain ...