Australian Retirement Trust has confirmed the departure of a senior investment executive, just weeks after it was announced CEO Bernard Reilly will be stepping down.
TelstraSuper, Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust, HESTA, and UniSuper are some of the prominent super funds that have qualified as finalists this year.
With so much M&A activity in the superannuation space, challenges in their implementation are indicating a slowing pace ahead with the possibility of the industry having reached ‘peak’ merger.
The value of advice is hitting home at retirement, according to AMP research, which reveals 75 per cent of older Australians find the retirement system too complex.
Independent super trustee Equity Trustees has seen funds under supervision rise to $50 billion.
The Federal Court has ruled in favour of QSuper regarding non-payment of a total and permanent disablement benefit to a member.
The law “should not continue to assume that financial advice is being given by a person”, according to Michelle Levy, as she hints that advice from superannuation funds could be given by a digital advice tool.
A financial adviser has urged women in finance to outsource tasks at home so they can focus on their business, ahead of Momentum Media's Women in Finance Summit 2023.
It was a challenging August for growth fund returns in the last month, with diversification helping cushion the impact from listed sharemarkets, according to Chant West.
Scientific Beta, an ESG climate index platform that launched in Australia last year, is set to assist super funds in decarbonising their portfolios at the same time as adhering to Your Future, Your Super regulations.