Managing uncertainty in a rapidly changing economic landscapeBY KATHARINE NEISS | FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025 3:02PM As we distill the first quarter's volatility and confusion, there is further economic moderation ahead with sizable risks to the downside.
 MySuper's ticking time bombWith five months until default contributions can no longer be paid into a super fund unless it has a MySuper option and given there are only 52 funds ... Talk about retirement but intelligentlyNow that the dust has settled on the government's April superannuation policy debacle when it tried to reform the taxation structure that applied to high ... Enemy withinAustralianSuper caused a mild stir early this year with its proclamation that it wants to ramp up the proportion of its assets it self manages to about ... When superannuation became a bloodsportTwo adventurers are trekking through the jungle when they inadvertently walk too close to a sleeping alpha lion. As the lion starts to stir one of them ... Hockey the one to watchIt may be a surprise to his critics, but Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, has emerged as the intellectual leader of the Coalition and financial services ... Fund members aren't freeloadersIn one of the most moronic statements yet about superannuation, super fund members who take advantage of their fund's insurance offer have been blasted ... Returns don't matter and other stupid ideasPolicy arguments in superannuation can sometimes be bizarre but the zaniest one now doing the rounds is that it's inappropriate to judge super funds on ... From muskets to Face book protest groupsBy 26 January 1808, the colony's 'exclusives' had had enough and launched Australia's first and only military coup, seizing political power at gunpoint ... That's not entertainmentNeil Armstrong, Robert Hughes, Murray Rose: Three great people who unfortunately parted this mortal coil too soon in recent months. Wins and losses in PC default super reportThe Productivity Commission last month handed down its draft report on default superannuation funds, and while its recommendations were predictable, they ... |
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Climbing to the top
DANIEL SHRIMSKI
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
MANAGING DIRECTOR
VANGUARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LTD
Vanguard Australia managing director Daniel Shrimski is determined to propel the investment giant's superannuation product into the top 10 funds by assets under management by 2030. It's an audacious goal, even for a fund backed by the world's second largest asset manager. Andrew McKean writes.
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