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Superannuation

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
About half of Australian households are expected to have enough saved for a 'comfortable retirement,' according to the latest CommBank Retire Ready Index.

Whitehelm drives Prime Super outperformance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Whitehelm Capital's partnership with Prime Super played a key role in delivering strong outperformance in 2016, the latter said.

Bendigo targets ethically conscious investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The wealth division of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is targeting younger investors with the launch of a socially responsible growth fund.

Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy believes the definition of retirement needs to move away from recreation and pursue a higher purpose.

TelstraSuper rolls out digital makeover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
From Snapchat to super-chat? TelstraSuper, the country's largest corporate super fund, is announcing the first phase of its digital transformation to appeal to its tech-savvy millennial and retiree fund members.

Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
EquipSuper and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) are in the final stages of merger talks.

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016.

Super taxes break $35bn budget hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Treasury has released its latest Taxation Expenditures Statement and it reveals the cost of superannuation's tax breaks to now be $35 billion and on track to climb a further 34% within the next four years.

Roger the new face of REST Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Industry superannuation fund REST is testing the waters of virtual customer service technology with the launch of Roger - an artificial intelligence assistant.

UniSuper partners to bridge financial literacy gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
In response to a gap in financial literacy highlighted in member surveys, UniSuper recently launched two education initiatives.