Yesterday
Why this super fund is moving younger customers into a riskier option
In his first media interview since taking the reins at ART, David Anderson says customers will earn more. It’s just part of his bold growth plan.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Opinion
This $300b super fund is making a monster move to stocks
Australian Retirement Trust has decided that a big chunk of its members will do a lot better with their pension nest egg invested in riskier assets.
- Jonathan Shapiro
Dexus, CPPIB in advanced talks to sell Sydney’s $550m Tiffany building
The tower’s book value was about $622 million as of December 31, but this was slashed to about $550 million during Dexus’ revaluation of its portfolio in June.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
This Month
AMP cuts financial advice deal, stemming losses
The company will partially sell that business via transactions totalling $92.4 million, while the stock lifted 13 per cent after interim profit beat consensus.
- Hannah Wootton
My wife can’t work any more – how do we handle her insurance payout?
The tax rules on super policy payments are complicated when you’re younger – this is how they work.
- John Wasiliev
Why most executives don’t reach their full potential
Early in his career, a senior colleague suggested Mick O’Brien, now a $900 million company CEO, take on a management role. Luckily his colleague could see his potential.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
Superhero swoops on MYOB’s Slate Super
The online share-trading platform is one step closer to its goal of becoming a superannuation platform of scale after nabbing the $502 million fund.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why I’m glad I dumped my industry super fund
After his SMSF regularly beat the performance of his former industry super fund for over a decade, Tony Boyd urges more Australians to take control of their super.
- Tony Boyd
Why Gen X needs to think about retirement right now
A new generation of just over 5 million Australians – born between 1965 and 1980 – is approaching retirement.
- Michelle Bowes
Another Cbus exec bites the dust
Street Talk understands Natalie Hannemann, Cbus chief of transformation has walked away from the $94 billion fund less than a year into the role.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
July
- Opinion
- Opinion
What to do to with your SMSF if you’re moving overseas
The Tax Office requires trustees to pass three tests if they wish to maintain tax benefits.
- Meg Heffron
- Opinion
- Tax reform
Why the $3m super tax has turned into a mess
It may seem hard to argue against making people with high superannuation balances pay more tax, but implementing it is a dog’s breakfast.
- John Kehoe
Berejiklian loses | Harris gains on Trump | Super fund winners
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Three ‘grown-up’ questions investors must ask themselves
It feels like a plethora of risks emerged during a wild week on world markets. One $24 trillion investor says it’s time for asset allocators to start asking hard questions.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Is your super fund among these winners?
Investment chiefs of the top performers say there are still plenty of opportunities for the artificial intelligence revolution to drive up retirement savings.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Big super leans into private capital
It makes sense for regulators to peek under the hood on non-bank lending while seeking to remove obstacles to the free and efficient allocation of risk capital.
- The AFR View
Private credit must be less secret, say banks, regulators
Chief executives of the nation’s biggest banks say they are prepared to partner with private credit funds but called on major players in the $2.3 trillion sector to provide better disclosures to investors.
- Aaron Weinman and Jonathan Shapiro
Keating rebukes super funds for ‘chasing the money’
Super funds should have been thinking about the needs of retirees long before now, says former prime minister Paul Keating.
- Hannah Wootton
Building costs creating ‘difficult’ choice on rates for RBA: Bullock
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has warned the economy has arrived at a “difficult” point where there are cases for and against another rate rise.
- Michael Read
Junk bond king says Australia could become ‘financier of Asia’
Australia could become a financing powerhouse, says American billionaire and philanthropist Michael Milken.
- Lucy Dean
