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Advice fee spike raises super concerns: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... years has prompted fresh calls for stronger consumer protections. This comes amid concerns younger members are being switched into higher cost products that could erode their retirement savings. New analysis from the Super Members Council (SMC) found ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... Super to account following its legal action launched last August. By its own admission, Mercer Super's failures fall into three categories. The first, Mercer Super's failure to have an adequate system in place to identify and report reportable ...

ASIC calls out platform trustees: 'Clear breach of trust'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... "Despite being well aware of the dangers of poor oversight some trustees failed to establish basic protections, like looking into an advice licensee's business model before they are onboarded. This is a clear breach of trust." The report urged trustees ...

Payday Super to tackle gender super gap: Aware Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... payment cycles, according to Aware Super. The $245 billion super fund is ushering in the new Payday Super regime, which kicks into gear on July 1, as "one of the most meaningful improvements to Australia's retirement savings system in a generation." ...

HMC, KKR tie up receives ACCC approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... has also approved the deal. Financial close is expected to occur on or around June 30. KKR will inject up to $603 million into the HMC Energy Platform, which will be rebranded and operate under the name Illuma Energy. About $355 million will be deployed ...

ASIC sues three Keystone Asset Management directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... message that directors operating schemes of this kind must act in investors' best interests." Court added ASIC's investigations into the matters connected to Shield are continuing. ASIC is seeking civil penalties, disqualification orders against the ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... Countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, she said, has vast mineral wealth, but struggles to translate natural resources into sustainable economic growth. "For somewhere with unbelievably rich mineral wealth but no governance or oversight over ...

VFMC names head of property

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... Management Corporation has promoted Georgina Bishop to head of property, effective October this year. Bishop will transition into the role from Pete King who leaves VFMC later this year. "Delighted and proud to be handing on the baton," said King, who ...

Aware Super ups stake in retirement village asset

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... Murray-Darling Basin. The proceeds from the sale, which have remained undisclosed, of the water rights will be redeployed back into the fund's infrastructure portfolio for future investment opportunities. Meantime, Aware Super has completed its major ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up direct private investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... in PE remains strong, SWFs are pacing investments more cautiously as exits renormalise and the market shifts from recovery into reacceleration. "Secondaries, private credit, infrastructure, and real estate are gaining traction as strategic complements ...