Michele Levine

Lingering distrust over last year’s data breach made Optus the most distrusted brand in Australia in the year through June and confirmed falling trust for telecoms, while retailers Woolworths and Coles again topped the most-trusted list.

Women continue to close the gap on men when it comes to superannuation, with new Roy Morgan research showing the gender gap in balance levels and super ownership declining over the past 10 years. But for the gap to be eliminated any time soon, the catch-up rate will have to greatly improve.

Australians across the board are less satisfied with their superannuation funds than they were a year ago, a new report from Roy Morgan showed, with sharemarket volatility and industry consolidation acting as major drivers of the decline.