Yesterday
Costello backs Dutton on super for housing
Former treasurer Peter Costello has backed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s super for housing policy, saying members should be able to choose what happens to their money.
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- Gus McCubbing
March
Teals brand Labor’s $3m policy a ‘cash grab’
Teal MPs say changes to taxation of super funds with balances larger than $3 million could drive investment away from start-ups and leave retirees worse off.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Opinion
Time for super performance test facts and myth busting
The latest Treasury review should find what we already know: that the current test has delivered for members.
- Karen Chester and Brad Ruting
Superannuation funds have quietly started paying retirement ‘bonuses’
Super funds are paying out millions of dollars in retirement “bonuses”. But what are they, and does your fund offer one?
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- Lucy Dean
Hostplus wants $2b start-up founder sacked, Airtree in the crossfire
Employment Hero founder Ben Thompson has published a letter sent by Hostplus concerning the start-up’s ongoing social media campaign against the super fund.
- Tess Bennett, Lucy Dean and Nick Bonyhady
First home buyers tapping super could drive up house prices
Experts have warned that any proposal to give first home buyers access to their superannuation needs to be coupled with significant efforts to boost housing.
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- Michael Read and Hannah Wootton
February
Most Australians run out of super by the end of their lives: study
The research from a new industry super mega lobby group comes as the government considers how to make super funds better assist their customers in retirement.
- Hannah Wootton
What age you need to take super saving seriously – or suffer
Choosing a top-performing fund could boost your retirement savings by more than 50 per cent.
- Duncan Hughes
December 2023
- Exclusive
- Superannuation
Compare the pair: Retail super closes the fee gap
The performance gap between industry and retail superannuation funds is narrowing, raising the prospect of a fightback by for-profit super funds after the savaging wrought by the banking royal commission.
- Joanna Mather and Hannah Wootton
Big capital comes to Canberra. See the full list here
Big bank CEOs, super fund bosses and venture capital executives are at Parliament House to hear Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ push for them to invest in national priorities.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Superannuation
Labor signals review of superannuation fund performance tests
Possible changes canvassed by the government will include a shift from a strict benchmark introduced by the Coalition, two industry sources say.
- Ronald Mizen and Kylar Loussikian
November 2023
- Opinion
- Superannuation
A strong and strategic voice on superannuation for 10 million Australians
The new Super Members Council will advocate for high standards of performance, clear and meaningful transparency and the ability to access the right information about retirement.
- Nicola Roxon
October 2023
$3m super threshold must be indexed to stop ‘bracket creep by stealth’
The proposal to double tax on balances above $3 million to 30 per cent is reasonable, but the limit should increase over time, says ART chief.
- Hannah Wootton and Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The $3.5 trillion super sector’s next big problem is already here
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has delivered a wake-up call to the sector to lift its game as 5 million Australians approach retirement.
- James Thomson
Labor stacks big super with 15 new power players
Cath Bowtell has quietly assumed the role of matriarch of the sprawling Labor-union aligned industry superannuation family.
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- Joanna Mather and Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Wayne Swan says super is our ‘economic secret weapon’
The former treasurer says the super sector proved its economic power during the GFC and can help Australia’s next set of big challenges.
- James Thomson
Super fund QSuper hands back keys to NYC office tower
QSuper has quit a big bet on Manhattan real estate as rising interest rates and falling vacancies spoil its global property interests.
- Jonathan Shapiro
What super funds spend on ads, donations, exec pay to be made public
APRA warned funds it wants to publish the data. It comes as, in the battle for members, funds launch bigger advertising campaigns and elite sport sponsorship.
- Hannah Wootton
How ‘nation building’ can deliver competitive super returns
AustralianSuper’s Don Russell cites infrastructure as an area where the $3.5 trillion sector has helped modernise Australia without compromising on returns.
- Hannah Wootton
Labor changes helping to ‘end super’s reign’ as top wealth builder
Financial advisers claim many investors are for the first time considering alternatives to superannuation.
- Duncan Hughes