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Senate report backs removal 30-hour work threshold for SG

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
A Senate Economics Legislation Committee report released this week expressed in principle support for paying super on every dollar earned, including removing the existing 30 hour per week threshold that currently applies to under 18 workers. Under current ...

Super funds welcome UK's Supers Unit to push investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... Rachel Reeves and Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the sidelines of the G20. in Washington DC. A number of Australian super funds and investors, including IFM Investors, AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust, Aware Super and Rest have offices ...

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... for growth." For its part, Allianz Retire+ launched Allianz Guaranteed Income for Life (AGILE). AGILE aims to help convert super or retirement savings into a stable, lifelong income stream with the potential to grow and protect against market downturns. ...

legalsuper announces C-suite changes

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... legalsuper bid farewell to its chief executive Luke Symons, who announced in March he would take on the role of chief of Equip Super, effective July 1. The fund has also named former CareSuper executive Paul Northey as chief member officer, strengthening ...

Super funds can drive member engagement through insurance: TAL

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... superannuation are significantly more confident about their financial security if they become unable to work. The study of 2000 super fund members found confidence levels rose sharply when members actively reviewed or adjusted their insurance arrangements. ...

GSFM launches two global private markets funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
GSFM is offering new global private markets opportunities to local institutional and wholesale investors,launching of two new funds in conjunction with its Canadian affiliation. GSFM, with CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) as investment manager of ...

OECD recommends NZ overhaul pension system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... its gross domestic product. As a result, it recommended New Zealand implement a combined public and private pension and NZ Super Fund reform under which public pension eligibility would be linked to life expectancy, with consideration for ethnic and ...

Macquarie Asset Management earnings soar to $2.6bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) earnings soared to $2.6 billion largely driven by bumper performance fees charged on its private markets transactions. MAM's net profit jumped 27% in its full-year reporting period ending March thanks to private ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... several "unintended consequences" it has created over the last five years. Treasury acknowledges the industry's concerns super funds are constraining their investment universe and staving off allocating to assets outside the mainstream to ultimately ...

Advice industry can't afford CSLR to be an 'unsustainable mess': FAAA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
A recent survey conducted by the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) shows the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) levy will increase the cost of financial advice and may see a significant departure of advisers from the industry. The ...