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Wealth levels triple for middle Australia: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
A new report by the Super Members Council (SMC) found wealth levels for middle Australia have tripled in the past 20 years for recent retirees, with superannuation the key driver of strong growth. The report highlighted the role Australia's super system ...

Aware Super appoints head of private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... exceptionally well placed to lead our private equity program and deliver the strongest possible risk-adjusted returns for our members."

APRA kicks off Retirement Reporting Framework consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... track progress with retirement phase uplift. APRA, for example, proposes member segment-level reporting for product types members hold, drawdown levels, value of benefit payments paid to members and actions taken when an account is closed. These will ...

Platform funds, mega funds to dominate: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... niche - whether that's serving the 'mass disengaged' with simple, low-cost products aimed at 'low touch, low balance' members, or providing advisers with advanced technology to deliver quality services to 'high touch, high balance' members." On average ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... believes the "InterPrac PI policy provides capacity to respond to, and defend its reasonable share of remediation offered to members of APRA-regulated superannuation funds who received advice to select such APRA-regulated superannuation funds from the ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned Super Members Council's (SMC) recent research which found a spike in younger members switching out of industry funds into self managed super funds (SMSF) and platform products. FSC data to the ...

Macquarie broke law by not putting Shield on watch list, says court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... entering a court enforceable undertaking with ASIC in September last year and agreeing to reimburse more than 3000 super members who had been invested in Shield. This amounted to more than $320 million. ASIC did not seek a penalty against Macquarie due ...

AustralianSuper says no to leveraged gains, yes to stability

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... role in January 2025. AustralianSuper said the appointment reflects its key focus on liquidity management as more of its members approach retirement with large balances. "We're very proud that we have appointed a liquidity officer to the fund. He's ...

You can't manage what you can't measure: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... outcomes on behalf of our clients." Chatfield said the technology and data focused roles work in close collaboration with the members of the trading desk daily. "There are so many points where I could demonstrate those execution outcomes having improved ...

Aware Super hires from AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... objectives. Her appointment reflects the fund's focus on strengthening governance and delivering long-term value for members. She joins from AustralianSuper, where she was an investment director within AustralianSuper's real assets team, Smyczynski ...