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Most Australians’ super savings jumped significantly thanks to booming tech stocks last financial year.

Top 10 super funds revealed for FY24

A small mining industry fund delivered the highest returns for the second year in a row, with two retail super giants joining it in first place.

  • Hannah Wootton
Super funds are not interested in nuclear power investments.

Too uncertain, too slow: funds rule out financing Dutton nuclear plan

The disinterest from superannuation funds comes despite appetite for other energy transition assets and a shortage of domestic investment opportunities.

  • Hannah Wootton
Unlisted commercial property has been especially troublesome, but infrastructure may also prove challenging.

Don’t switch super funds until reckoning in unlisted assets is over

Industry fund executives regularly boasted about capitalising on the so-called “illiquidity premium”, but the world has changed.

  • Joanna Mather
Anna Shelley’s punt that global equities would perform better than expected last year paid off.

Retail super funds ride tech boom to outperform industry rivals

Two of Australia’s largest retail superannuation funds delivered 11-plus per cent returns as they benefited from soaring sharemarkets.

  • Hannah Wootton

May

Super funds may soon be forced to do more to support older members.

The super funds where customers are retiring faster than new ones join

The research from KPMG comes as the $3.6 trillion superannuation industry heads towards the point it is paying out more cash than it brings in.

  • Hannah Wootton

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