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Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... long-term growth." He said he believes Infocus is creating something totally unique in the Australian advice sector, offering Member, Partner and Enterprise partnership models. "What really draws me to Infocus, though, is the strong, adviser-first community. ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has provided Treasury with a report after conducting an inquiry into companies holding virtual AGMs. As part of the report, the regulator made five recommendations, including that ASIC and ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
AustralianSuper has sold down the remainder of its already-trimmed WiseTech stake, alluding to concerns about how the company is handling its founder Richard White's role. The super fund held roughly $700 million in WiseTech shares, about 2.26% ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
A breakdown of government revenue revealed the superannuation sector will contribute $25.6 billion to the government's bottom line in 2025-26 - an uplift of $9.7 billion since the MYEFO from taxes on the sector. "The upgrade to superannuation fund ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... presumably be collectively charged." Abood added that the FAAA is concerned these provisions could effectively staple a member to their super fund for life, with no trigger for them to consider whether their current fund is still the right one for them ...

My Dealer Services partners to enhance adviser education

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... updates for advisers. In 2024, MDS has supported more than 20% of all self-licensed advisers and is "rapidly" growing its member network, MDS said. In line with the strategic growth, MDS head of strategy Ashley Mahadeea said the company is "firmly focused" ...

Australians 'overwhelmed' by retirement: Aware

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Sixty-three percent of Australians aged 45 and over are concerned or anxious about retirement according to Aware Super's State of Retirement report, with almost nine in 10 people worried they will run out of money. The research found one in 10 people ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
The long-awaited Tranche 2 of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes draft package has been released, switching Statements of Advice for Client Advice Records and clarifying what topics super funds can collectively charge for. However, some elements ...

Mine Super and TWUSUPER merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... migrate to a new custodian as well as outsource our administrator and re-platform, all to support our journey in being a member first fund of the future," Nair said. State Street was chosen to be the master custodian. Team Super co-chairs Christina Langby ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... benefit members receive lifetime pensions, sometimes extending to a spouse or child, payments will continue until its last member dies - estimated to be in 2084. Defined contribution members, meanwhile, take a lump sum at retirement. Overall, State Super's ...