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Hostplus introduces retirement bonus payments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
Hostplus has introduced retirement bonus payments when members transition into the pension phase. From today, members who meet the eligibility criteria will receive an additional top-up to their account when they transfer from a Hostplus accumulation ...

Wealthy families double down on private markets: JP Morgan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... passion and enduring value," the report read. Fifty-six percent of principals cited geopolitical tensions as the top risk in today's environment. The report notes a pragmatic response by principals where focus has been on diversifying exposure, strengthening ...

Top Regal Partners exec departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... within the institutional client group. "Having joined the business in October 2019 when we had $1.5 billion under management, today the firm stands as an ASX-listed, globally recognised institutional alternatives manager, overseeing more than $20 billion. ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... financial risk." ASIC said payment of an infringement notice is not an admission of guilt or liability. ASIC also confirmed today that Prime Super paid a penalty of $18,780 after it claimed it "excluded entirely" manufacturers of tobacco products when ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... 3.3%; the median return was 4.8%. And over one year it's returned just 2.1% and ranks 33 rd, while the median was 4.6%. Today, ASIC also announced that HESTA was fined $37,560 for misleading statements it made about having a commitment to remove ...

Member engagement lies in rewards, gamification: Whitepaper

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... of seeing super as something they will benefit from in 30 years, they can experience it as something that delivers value today," the paper read. Gamification is another strategy that has the potential to encourage positive behaviours and better member ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Pension, FirstChoice Wholesale Personal Super and Pension, FirstChoice Employer Super and Commonwealth Essential Super. Today, Shine Lawyers announced the parties have reached an in-principle settlement of $140 million, with the formal settlement deed ...

Payday Super laws passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
The Payday Super laws have successfully passed through the Senate today with the reforms being welcomed by the superannuation industry. The new laws are slated to come into effect on 1 July 2026. Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed ...

Chris Marco sentenced to prison over $34m fraud

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... puts an end to "one of the most serious" frauds ASIC has ever investigated. "The sentence handed down by the Supreme Court today is the highest sentence imposed by an Australian court in relation to an ASIC criminal investigation," Court said. "This ...

Treasury seeks feedback on foreign investment reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... engaging in lower risk investment activity, while focusing scrutiny for higher-risk transactions. "The Treasurer's announcement today to streamline the foreign investment review process by materially reducing red tape and costs for investors is a meaningful ...