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Beyond market slumps and surging retirements, APRA warns fast-moving non-market risks can rapidly escalate into severe financial shocks.
A proposal to expand the performance testing regime to include retirement products has drawn criticism from some prominent figures in the industry.
Super was designed to give Australians dignity and independence in retirement – a purpose too important to be subordinated to short-term fiscal or political goals.
A veteran of the industry says retail funds are regaining market share as concerns about liquidity grow at some of the nation’s biggest pension providers.
The Australian sharemarket’s largest investor says the lack of long-term thinking among boards is the worst he’s seen in his three decades.
Cbus chairman Wayne Swan has called for a crackdown on the unsolicited hawking of superannuation products via comparison websites and social media.
The combination of demographics and a shift to wealth platforms has ramifications for superannuation fund liquidity and their investments in unlisted assets.
The proposal from AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust, made in Treasury submissions, puts them in direct conflict with their for-profit peers.
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Former treasurer and CBUS chairman Wayne Swan is far from finished fighting the superannuation wars. But he also sees another risk to the sector’s stability.
The former treasurer said industry funds were under attack from critics jealous of their success.
If they want to reach young people, superannuation funds need to talk to them where they are, technology experts say.
Mark Delaney spoke candidly about having to write off that sum in equity and loans tied to an American online education start-up.
The Assistant Treasurer says he is “impatient” to have the next tranche of advice reforms legislated, as super funds push for freedom to give broader advice.
Superannuation funds say their size and scale gives them an edge in competing for private assets, but not in public markets.
Few could’ve predicted who would be enforcing standards in corporate Australia in 2024. It’s all about the weight of money.
A debate about using superannuation for housing prompted the institute’s policy expert Brendan Coates to call for radical change.
The regulator considered a blanket ban on funds making payments to unions or advertisers, but decided against it.
Representatives of Aware Super, which owns about 1.18 per cent of WiseTech, had a “constructive” meeting with the board and chairman on Monday.
Grattan Institute's Brendan Coates says he expects to use some super to pay off his mortgage and that is the rational choice for many Australians.
Judging super funds’ spending on investments should be the easy bit. Good luck making sense of “administration and other costs” that make up more than half of funds’ expenses.
The $3.9 trillion sector needs to start making good on its promise that scale would lead to better customer service and financial outcomes for members, ASIC says.
Industry superannuation funds are ramping up their focus on the culture of the companies they invest in as scandals wipe billions off corporate valuations.
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