‘Debilitating effect’:AustralianSuper boss hits out at PM’s housing plan

‘Debilitating effect’:AustralianSuper boss hits out at PM’s housing plan

The chair of the country’s largest superannuation fund has warned the Coalition’s super-for-housing policy will reduce investment returns and push up house prices.

  • byCharlotte Grieve

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Clear as mud:Super funds’ portfolio disclosures are barely intelligible

Clear as mud:Super funds’ portfolio disclosures are barely intelligible

Super funds must reveal on their websites the investments they hold,but some of the biggest and best resourced funds are leaving consumers befuddled.

  • byJohn Collett
AustralianSuper expands telco assets with $3.58b Axicom deal

AustralianSuper expands telco assets with $3.58b Axicom deal

Giant super fund signs another deal to expand access to telco poles and wires and cash in on the rising demand for mobile connectivity.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
‘Hindsight is a powerful thing’:AustralianSuper CEO on exiting Russia

‘Hindsight is a powerful thing’:AustralianSuper CEO on exiting Russia

The newly appointed chief executive of the country’s largest super fund was thrust into the middle of a geopolitical firestorm when Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border three weeks ago.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Superannuation gives Australians a stake in nation’s prosperity:Hume

Superannuation gives Australians a stake in nation’s prosperity:Hume

Superannuation Minister Jane Hume has told a world summit on retirement incomes Australia’s compulsory saving system has helped the nation weather financial shocks.

  • byRob Harris
AustralianSuper eyes more offshore investment as Ian Silk departs

AustralianSuper eyes more offshore investment as Ian Silk departs

The super giant is on track to more than double in size to $500 billion in assets in the next five years,with Paul Schroder to lead it during its next phase.

  • byClancy Yeates
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AustralianSuper’s plans to give data to The New Daily on hold

AustralianSuper’s plans to give data to The New Daily on hold

Industry super fund AustralianSuper has paused plans to automatically sign up members to online news website,The New Daily,on an opt-out basis.

  • byZoe Samios andJennifer Duke
AustralianSuper warns double-digit returns won’t last as ‘handbrakes’ pulled

AustralianSuper warns double-digit returns won’t last as ‘handbrakes’ pulled

The country’s largest super fund returned 20.43 per cent this financial year. But its chief investment officer says the stellar returns will not last long as governments act to slow rapid growth.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
AustralianSuper dismisses member privacy concerns over The New Daily

AustralianSuper dismisses member privacy concerns over The New Daily

One of the country’s largest superannuation funds says it complied with its internal policies when handing over member data to news website The New Daily.

  • byZoe Samios andJennifer Duke
Senator proposes regulation to shut down superannuation lobby groups to save fees

Senator proposes regulation to shut down superannuation lobby groups to save fees

Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has suggested regulations could force super funds’ representative bodies to merge in an aim to reduce account fees and improve returns.

  • byJennifer Duke
‘Find a way to kill it’:Superannuation bill under attack from Labor and funds
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‘Find a way to kill it’:Superannuation bill under attack from Labor and funds

Labor’s Stephen Jones has written to 90 Coalition MPs urging them to vote against the federal government’s proposed changes to the $3 trillion superannuation sector.

  • byJennifer Duke