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Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... Australians report noted that increasing understanding and engagement with innovative home equity release solutions amongst super funds and financial advisers will optimise Australians' financial wellbeing in retirement. These can be developed through ...

Cbus confirms independent review into board member

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... processes for determining the propriety of board directors are lacking. Under Commonwealth law, directors on the boards of super funds must always satisfy a 'fit and proper persons test' to ensure they have appropriate skills, experience and ...

Equity Trustees places superannuation arm under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... and Trustee Wealth Services and is operating in an environment of elevated regulatory scrutiny for platform-based super funds which is creating uncertainty over cost base and risk. It said there is also an increasing preference for super funds to adopt ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... to manage conflicts of interest. "We don't like seeing any cases of inappropriate advice involving self-managed super funds. We hope this report does not turn away licensees and advisers from providing SMSF advice, and we hope they use this they ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
As regulators ramp up scrutiny of asset owners and managers, Australia's two largest super funds have seen high-profile governance and investment risk professionals quitting for new roles. Craig Roodt, AustralianSuper's governance lead for internal ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
The federal government has endorsed a recommendation that the Department of Defence establish a dedicated division to deal with private investors to drive the delivery of infrastructure projects. The recommendation was made as part of a review of the ...

Super trustees told to up fraud protection game

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... "significant" gaps in communications to members. Following an assessment of scams and fraud-related website content across 47 super funds, benchmarking against the big four banks (ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, and Westpac), ASIC found that banks consistently ...

Member governed super boards deliver more: SMC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... The Profit to Member Governance Advantage, SMC states that in the five years to June 2025 representative governed super funds generated $33 billion in net additional value for members above the APRA performance benchmark. In comparison, their counterparts ...

Government consults on victim access to child sex abusers' super

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... super contributions made by the perpetrator over a set period, not mandated employer contributions. If successful, super funds would then have 10 business days to make the payment. Unfulfilled historical compensation orders brought into existence before ...

Chartered accountants should be allowed to provide advice: CA ANZ

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... will be paid by all fund members." Other concerns include the tax requiring "extensive" ongoing data modelling by super funds and impacted individuals, as well as some design features of the proposed capital gains tax relief. The body is also worried ...