Financial services leaders urged to back the Voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on industry leaders to honour the business community’s “proud history” of support for reconciliation with First Australians, encouraging them to back the referendum to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. It comes as Conexus Financial throws its support behind the ‘Yes23’ campaign.

ART hits $260b AUM on completion of Woolies deal

Australian Retirement Trust has completed a successor fund transfer with Woolworths Group and Endeavour Group, and flagged that more transactions are to come. The deal takes ART’s total pool of assets to more than $260 billion.

Roadblocks remain for funds to meet growing retirement expectations

Developing a scalable mechanism through which super funds can direct members to suitable retirement solutions — while being cognisant of the personal financial advice laws — has become one of the nation’s most pressing policy challenges. But after years of slow progress, the 2023 Retirement Conference discussed some promising solutions.