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Mark Delaney to step down from AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... while former AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk led the former. At that time, member assets sat at about $20 billion. Today, they total more than $400 billion, held on behalf of over 3.6 million members. "Around half that growth was due to investment ...

TAL enhances TPD offering, support for self-employed customers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... product design in meeting customer needs. "Our focus is on ensuring TAL's products reflect how Australians live and work today and deliver genuine value. We've taken an evidence-based approach with these changes to Accelerated Protection to ensure ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... market infrastructure, providing certainty about the market operator's reset, and responding to the Interim Report released today by the panel of the Inquiry into the ASX Group. ASIC said it obtained commitments from the ASX on reforms including: strengthening ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... Crisis, he points out, commercial banks were responsible for more than 80% of direct lending to middle-market companies. Today they make up less than 15%, with private credit expanding to help fill the demand with the sector itself evolving. "If you ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... economy started the year off with. "The RBA had forecast labour market outcomes similar to what the results are showing us today, but they will still cause pause for thought for the board in terms of how best to set monetary policy in the new year with ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... "Overall, these three investment opportunities are both offensive and defensive. This risk assessment holds no matter whether today's AI exuberance ultimately proves rational or not," the report said. Vanguard global chief economist and global head of ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... family violence perpetrators cannot inherit their victim's superannuation benefits. "It's simply not fair that young women today are missing out on thousands of dollars in retirement savings because of this outdated rule. The super gap starts from day ...

AustralianSuper kicks off $1.1bn UK living plan with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... university-anchored location. "Our focus is on delivering exceptional service and operational standards that meet the needs of today's students. This portfolio provides the platform with immediate cashflow as we seek to achieve scale swiftly," Butler ...

Russell Investments wins two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... "Our role is to bring global expertise and practical solutions to help deliver stable income and protect the interests of today's and tomorrow's ratepayers," he said. Russell Investments and Invest Blue recently launched the Cornerstone Private Markets ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... necessitating a pause in the rate cuts." In support of this perspective, Deloitte Access Economics partner Stephen Smith said: "Today's decision to keep interest rates on hold should come as no surprise." "The reasoning of the RBA's Monetary Policy Board ...