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Trust emerges as key drivers of super fund loyalty

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... accountants. The research also found strong demand for expanded fund services, with 37% of members saying they would take up retirement planning and financial advice if offered. Super guidance, insurance and retirement living support also attracted significant ...

Three super funds fined for misleading investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
Three industry superannuation funds - Australian Retirement Trust (ART), TelstraSuper and Australian Food Super - have been pinged by ASIC for misleading members about their investment options' asset allocation and performance objectives. Each super ...

Retiree super spending injects $121bn into Aussie economy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... state of Victoria will spend $28.5 billion, supporting 123,000 jobs. The research also found the super system supports retirement spending worth double that of the Age Pension each year, significantly lifting retiree living standards and their spending ...

Shorter CSLR payout timeframe awaits major bill passage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... rather than waiting until the pressure is already there," she said. "At the end of the day, these are people's retirement savings. Every month we can take out of the waiting process is a month that matters." Financial services minister Daniel Mulino ...

Crole banned for 10 years after abrupt exit from Sequoia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... the First Guardian and Shield master funds. Both funds have now collapsed, with over $1.2 billion, and counting, of retirement funds that was put at risk. ASIC has since commenced legal proceedings against InterPrac over its failures to act in clients' ...

Industry, economist blasts One Nation's super agenda

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... superannuation into take-home pay, warning the policy would fuel inflation and leave workers significantly poorer in retirement. One Nation is proposing to give Australians paying rent or a mortgage the choice to take one quarter of their future compulsory ...

CareSuper earns place among pension fund giants, ART breaks into top 20

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has cracked the top 20 ranking of the world's largest pension funds, while CareSuper has debuted on WTW's annual Global Top 300 Pension Funds report. This year's Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments ...

BNP Paribas AM wins additional US$600m from pension fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts has secured a further US$600 million investment mandate from the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) for its significant risk transfer (SRT) strategy, taking the US pension fund's total commitment to US$1 billion. ...

Superannuation assets inch to nearly $4.8tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... the rise of industry funds. APRA's newly released statistics for the year ending June 30 showed Australians' retirement savings reaching another milestone of $4.77 trillion. Industry funds' assets leaped 16% year on year to $1.8 trillion ...

KKR to pocket $24bn from USI sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... for $24 billion (US$17bn). USI is an insurance brokerage and consulting business across risk, employee benefits and retirement solutions, and boast more than 10,500 team members operating across close to 200 locations in the US. The transaction represents ...