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IFS recovers record $250m in unpaid super

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has recovered a record $250 million in unpaid superannuation in the 2025-26 financial year, bringing its total recoveries to $2.5 billion since the service commenced. This comes just a month after the Payday Super reform ...

Brighter Super launches lifetime income product in accumulation phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Brighter Super has announced plans to deliver a new lifetime retirement income solution designed to enable eligible members to begin building future lifetime income benefits while they are still working. Brighter Super said the move makes it the first ...

Bain Capital snaps up Gong cha in global growth push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Bain Capital has agreed to acquire bubble tea giant Gong cha Global from private equity firm TA Associates, adding another consumer brand to a growing list of acquisitions as the firm continues its global expansion. Financial terms for the acquisition ...

Growth assets drive recovery for super in latest quarter: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
New research from Morningstar found super funds rebounded "strongly" in the second quarter of the calendar year, reversing weakness recorded in 1Q26. According to Morningstar's Superannuation 360 report for Q2 2026, super returns recovered through their ...

Spaceship Super ups fees on private credit exposure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Spaceship Super is increasing its investment fees across its GrowthX, Balanced and Moderate options after adding exposure to unlisted asset classes. GrowthX investment fees will rise from 0.243% to 0.267% per annum, the Balanced option will rise from ...

smartMonday tweaks fees, MySuper structure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
The super fund is transforming its MySuper LifeCycle structure by shrinking nine options into four distinct categories, while making changes to its investment and administration fees. From 14 August 2026, smartMonday's MySuper investment option ...

SMC questions SCA's 'mystery caller' report

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) has raised questions on the research methodology of the recently published Superannuation Call Centre Experience Report by Super Consumers Australia (SCA). The data within the report was based on 1000 customer telephone ...

ASIC consults to improve flexibility around pre-IPO comms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
ASIC has released a proposal to provide companies greater flexibility when listing on the public market to publicise their upcoming initial public offering (IPO). Under existing laws, companies are generally prohibited from advertising or publicising ...

BlackRock urgers broader diversification

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
BlackRock is urging financial advisers to move beyond traditional approaches to diversification, arguing heightened geopolitical uncertainty, artificial intelligence (AI) and structural economic shifts require more dynamic portfolio construction. Speaking ...

Advisers should rethink portfolio construction: La Trobe

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
La Trobe Financial has urged advisers to broaden portfolio construction beyond traditional equity and bond allocations, arguing that slowing productivity, persistent inflation risks and changing market dynamics require greater focus on real assets and ...