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Productivity slumps again, capital injection needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Multifactor productivity (MFP), the measure of how well labour and capital inputs are combined to produce outputs, declined over the 12 months to June 2025. MFP decreased by 0.5% over 2024-25, below the 20-year average of 0.4% growth per year and well ...

UniSuper 'missed out' on gold rally, but for good reason: Pearce

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Despite the glittering gold rally, UniSuper has steered away from the bullion saying it does not produce income for its members. UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said the $166 billion super fund does accept gold to be a store of value and ...

SMSF advice guidelines require improvement: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... who have malicious intent to get their hands on someone's superannuation, then getting them into an SMSF is going to be a good way to do that," Sidoti said. "It's something to be mindful of, and I think community-wide, this is something we need to be ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
A third Future Fund investment professional is bound for Abu Dhabi, following in the footsteps of the sovereign wealth fund's former chief investment officer and a deputy CIO. Pradheesh Salvarajah has taken on a role as investment manager at Abu ...

Equity Trustees places superannuation arm under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
As it continues to face scrutiny over the Shield and First Guardian collapses, Equity Trustees has commenced a strategic review of its superannuation business. As part of its half year results announcement this morning, Equity Trustees said it is reviewing ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... member balance without the administration complexity and cost that would otherwise apply," he said. Burgess noted this was a good example of how an adviser established an SMSF based on administration efficiency. Also speaking at the conference, ASIC ...

Canadian pension fund in turmoil amid governance review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... financial health or its ability to operate as usual. It's expected the outcome of the review will be known later this month. "Good governance is the backbone of a pension plan's stability and strength, and the foundation for trust between the plan and ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... helped develop key parts of Australia's investment prudential framework, including SPS 530 Investment Governance, the Good Practice Guide to Unit Pricing, and improving investment governance and risk frameworks, policies, and processes across asset ...

Division 296 bill tabled, suggested reforms fall on 'deaf ears'

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... rewards union aligned industry funds," O'Brien said. "Labor has bundled together these various measures not because it makes good policy sense but because it suits Labor politically." "The coalition understands this instinctively. Superannuation is part ...

ASIC bans adviser who stole from super accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... counts of dishonest conduct. In May 2025 he was handed a three-year suspended sentence on the basis that he complies with a good behaviour bond for five years, pay a $20,000 fine, and make reparations to Oasis Fund Management. Interestingly, in 2019 ...