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Proposed super tax obfuscates legacy pensions rules: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... legacy pensions in the upcoming federal budget as current draft regulations proposing to increase the 15% tax to 30% on super balances above $3 million (Division 296 tax) are not clear on how they must be valued. "The confusion stems from the fact these ...

Impact Alpha Partners adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... and impact. Impact Alpha Partners was founded late last year by Andrew Huang, a former senior investment manager at State Super. It offers investment research and consulting services to investors looking to generate impact and alpha through their investments. ...

ESG professionals' salary guide revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Increasing demand for a better work-life balance has seen many ESG professionals looking to make a job switch, the newest Kaizen Recruitment salary guide found. The survey found there were multiple reasons why an ESG professional might be considering ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... majority appear confident about spending their retirement money (80%). This is despite the reality that Australians' life expectancy lengthens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that men's life expectancy has reached 81.2 years for ...

UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... technologies, power markets, renewable resources, and asset lifecycle stages. UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said the super fund is a significant investor of MGECO and will be investing alongside Macquarie's balance sheet. "This is an ...

UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... default insurance offering has been improved to provide greater death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover at the life stages members most likely need it and less cover when they're younger; "Think of it as a curve that rises and falls according ...

State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... funds made available to do so." The motion follows a forum attended by members of Parliament and representatives of the Super for Survivors campaign who also welcomed the move. Websters Lawyers solicitor Andrew Carpenter, who started the Super for Survivors ...

Mine Super cuts fees, updates investment options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
Mine Super is reducing the administration fees members pay next month as it moves forward with its merger with TWUSUPER. Effective May 20, the industry fund said administration fees will be lowered 25% from $52 to $39 per year for super members due ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... private credit waters, significantly upping their share of these less-liquid assets. This includes private-equity-influenced life insurance companies," it said. The IMF said though liquidity risks may appear limited at this current stage, a growing retail ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... bank provider of both reverse mortgages and livestock finance in Australia." Challenger announced it was acquiring Catholic Super's banking business in December 2021 for $35 million after Catholic Super partnered with Equipsuper under an extended public ...
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