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Proposed super tax obfuscates legacy pensions rules: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... number of these legacy pensions by giving individuals the opportunity to take up new more innovative account-based retirement income products. This in turn will make the administration of Division 296 a whole lot simpler and efficient for taxpayers ...

Actuaries Institute proposes new performance test measure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... financial interests. However, the Institute didn't support expanding the test to include more investment options such as retirement products, single sector or externally managed options, and self-managed super funds.

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Australians believe they need $1.6 million to be financially comfortable in retirement, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) finds, but they cannot agree on what living comfortably looks like. This is well above Association of Superannuation ...

Vanguard backs current performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... said. She also noted the importance of continuing to include fees in the performance test because of its impact on retirement savings. "Fee transparency not only allows members to assess and compare costs between funds, but also drives competition across ...

ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... organisations from right across the superannuation community and the 18 million Australians who rely on our members for good retirement outcomes," Delahunty said. "James comes to super with more than a decade of public policy experience, having held ...

Corporate super fund to be terminated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... corporate superannuation funds will close its doors this year. After almost five decades, the Manildra Flour Mills Retirement Fund (MFMRF) has been closed to new members and will be wound up. The fund was established in 1977 by agribusiness Manildra ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... alongside out Life and Funds Management operations will broaden the ways in which we provide financial security for retirement and will further diversify our distribution channels," Howes said at the time. Heartland said it plans to leverage Challenger ...

Macquarie executive to become chief product officer at BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... management on behalf of 243,000 customers. Kline replaces Kathy Vincent who departed in November 2023 to become Australian Retirement Trust's chief of retirement. She has been with Macquarie for more than two decades, most recently as head of value added ...

Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... brought with it a passion for the issues that matter to Aware Super's 1.1 million members, such as enhancing their retirement outcomes and improving equity in the superannuation system, particularly for women." Aware Super said it has now commenced the ...

Mercer Super recruits growth lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... "Their combined expertise builds on the existing team while strengthening the fund's capability to deliver strong retirement outcomes for corporate super clients, their employees and associated licensees and advisers." Raynes spent 16 years with ...
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