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Women less confident to retire: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
A study of over 1800 working and retired Australians has revealed a stark difference in confidence levels when it comes to how men and women plan for retirement. According to Vanguard's How Australia Retires study, almost half of Australian women do ...

Super tax concessions cost less than future Age Pension savings: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
According to a Mercer report, superannuation tax concessions for median income earners costs less than the future Age Pension savings from super. The Mercer Rethinking super tax concessions report shows under a model where individuals benefit from superannuation ...

Platform comparison fintech launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... adviser is to determine a client's needs and input this information in the application. "As an example, an adviser has a retiree client who is conservative, wants flexibility on their pension payments, and wants to be paid weekly. SuitabilityHub ...

Aware Super takes 100% of Oak Tree Group

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Aware Super is now sole owner of Oak Tree Group, positioning itself as a significant owner of retirement living assets in Australia while also increasing its global presence in the living sector to $5 billion. Back in 2017, the fund's initial commitment ...

Pacific Equity Partners finances reverse mortgage lender

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) will finance Household Capital, a reverse mortgage lender, to address the retirement funding and housing needs of senior Australians. PEP is investing in a financing layer of Household Capital's funding structure, alongside ...

Mayfair 101 calls for senate inquiry into ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney believes the government should look into how ASIC's investigation into the firm was initiated and the speed at which it was carried out. Recent reports from The Australian suggest an email from John Hempton, founder ...

Rethinking retirement: Focus on spending, not saving

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
AMP general manager of retirement solutions Ben Hillier has emphasised the need to inspire more confidence in individuals approaching retirement. On a panel at a Financial Services Council (FSC) policy briefing on Thursday, Hillier said the predominant ...

Retirees to own 55% of all super come 2032: Rainmaker

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... superannuation savings double to almost $7 trillion within 10 years, APRA-regulated funds themselves could hold $1.8 trillion in retiree assets - triple the current amount," Rainmaker said. What's more, across all superannuation, $4 trillion is likely ...

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... balanced growth and sustainable growth options made returns of 12.47% and 9.94% respectively. Meanwhile, pertaining to retiree members of HESTA, the default income stream balanced growth option posted an 11.79% return.

More pension funds, insurers impacted by MOVEit mass-hack

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
Among other companies to confirm their involvement, a second US pension fund has notified members their personal information was stolen in the same breach impacting members of CalPERS. The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) told members ...