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Comfortable retirement requires $432k in super: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... this is $385,000 for couples and $340,000 for singles. Based on SCA's modelling, SCA deputy chief executive Katrina Ellis commented that some Australians might already be on track for a comfortable retirement and not realise this. "The 2026 Retirement ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... is increase costs, displaces competitive production and leads to lower and slower growth." Westpac chief economist Luci Ellis agreed, labelling Liberation Day "an act of economic self-harm by the US." "Tariffs are self-destructive... it was never going ...

HESTA sells out of MinRes after failed engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
HESTA divested its remaining shareholding in Mineral Resources (MinRes) following the resignation of the miner's entire ethics and governance committee just six months after it was established. The $89 billion fund put MinRes on watch in October last ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... Australian Retirement Trust. Meanwhile, AustralianSuper has recruited Aware Super's retirement strategy leader, Jacki Ellis, who will jump across to the country's largest super fund as its head of retirement. In the new role, Ellis will report ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Secret affairs, sexual harassment, and systemic abuses of power by chief executives and senior leaders have the potential to erode investment returns, according to Acadian Asset Management. Events like these can shake company valuations, demonstrating ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian billionaires earn $67,000 an hour, according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has said the super fund has been engaging directly with MinRes regarding its recent governance failures and "remains disappointed" with the company's responses. "Our concerns include that the managing director's ...

Funds SA names interim investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... strategy and capital markets research and commercial transactions. Earlier, Kempton worked as an assistant valuer at CB Richard Ellis and as a project manager at Neometro. Friend, the former investment chief, joined Funds SA in December 2016 to lead ...

RBA names new chief economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... comprises the Economic Analysis and Economic Research departments. Sarah Hunter assumes the position, taking over from Luci Ellis who resigned in July to become Westpac's chief economist, with her tenure beginning on 29 January 2024. Hunter currently ...

High-performing firms reveal strategies behind success

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... less formal review process," the report said. Macquarie Business Banking head of accounting and financial services Olivia Ellis said Australian financial advice firms have navigated significant change over recent years and structured their business to ...
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