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Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... housing costs over their lifetimes - due to the twin effects of higher housing costs and having less super to live on in retirement. SMC chief executive Misha Schubert called for the policy to be dropped and for strong bipartisanship on the preservation ...

WTW retirement solutions lead steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
A long-serving Willis Towers Watson (WTW) superannuation and retirement expert has left the firm after nearly 28 years. Nick Callil was the head of retirement solutions for Australia, leading WTW's research in retirement strategy. He also consulted ...

Advisers encouraged to engage with clients' kids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... dynamic within families, including a lack of communication between the generations on wealth matters," AMP director of retirement Ben Hillier said. "It's also evident that while many Australians under 40 are concerned about housing unaffordability ...

Trend among young Aussies highlights need for affordable advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... highlighting the urgent need to make financial advice from trusted sources more accessible and affordable to ensure favourable retirement outcomes for all Australians, ASFA said. The research found that young Australians aged 18-34 are around twice as ...

CalSTRS creates Total Fund Management division

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has established a Total Fund Management division, according to its latest Investments Branch business plan. CalSTRS chief investment officer Scott Chan, who took on the role this month following ...

ART executive takes lead super role at Insignia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
After announcing his departure from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) yesterday, Dave Woodall has been named chief executive of superannuation at Insignia Financial. Earlier this month, Insignia Financial announced an overhaul of its leadership team. ...

How advisers can reap additional $2.1bn in revenue

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... megatrends that will impact their businesses. Two major trends advisers must be cognisant of is the increased demand for retirement advice and assistance with the significant intergenerational wealth transfer. John O'Mahoney, a partner at Deloitte ...

Australian Retirement Trust restructures leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has undergone a major organisational shakeup that's resulted in an overhaul of its executive leadership team, including some key departures. The $300 billion super fund, which is nipping at the heels of AustralianSuper ...

Generation Development Group corrals complete ownership of Lonsec

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... the financial advice market to the new era of investment linked lifetime annuities and how this will lead to better retirement outcomes in comparison to traditional products." Generation Development Group also noted that it's continued investment in ...

AustralianSuper, HESTA acquire majority stake in housing developer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... housing choices to deliver appropriate risk-adjusted returns for members. "We believe all Australians should live well in retirement, and to do that they need both super and housing. Through investments like this, super funds can play an important role ...