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Aussie super funds eye global partnerships at US summit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... Australia's $4.5 trillion superannuation system as a rare achievement and a force for good. "It's scale continues to grow - set to become the second largest retirement system globally by 2035," Vincent said. "In less than 50 years, Australians' combined ...

ASIC launches beneficial ownership transparency review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... entities, proposing several amendments it hopes will better corporate transparency, market efficiency and oversight. ASIC said its set of proposals will enable more accurate due diligence for prospective acquisitions, and improved market conditions for ...

Former MWL Financial adviser banned for six years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... withdrawn, and it was formally dismissed by the Tribunal on 3 March 2026. A date for the substantive review application is to be set. On 25 August 2025, ASIC cancelled MWL's Australian Financial Services licence, banned one of MWL's directors and its ...

Betashares invests in AUD-backed stablecoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Betashares has made a minority strategic investment in Macropod - a licensed issuer of an Australian dollar-backed stablecoin. Betashares made the investment alongside global and regional digital asset companies, including Galaxy Digital, Flowdesk ...

BlackRock caps outflows on US$27bn private credit fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... modulating our acceptance of new fund subscriptions to match what we perceived as the attractive forward investment opportunity set at the time," HPS said in an investor note. "This capital discipline led us to limit monthly subscriptions multiple times ...

IFM maps path for super funds to meet US infrastructure funding gap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
IFM Investors has released a policy blueprint Revitalising US infrastructure: The pension capital advantage, to help bridge the gap in US infrastructure funding with investments from Australian superannuation funds. This comes on the back of Australian ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... to be a growth engine for their businesses - so by nature, this is a Growth portfolio," he explains. Historically, a small set of growth themes has generally driven a disproportionate amount of sharemarket value creation. For example, from 1760 to 1840 ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
The Protecting Your Super Package (PYS) and the Putting Members' Interests First (PMIF) reforms result in $670 million in foregone death benefits each year, new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows. Seven ...

Mercer's OCIO lead set to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
Mercer Australia is set to lose the head of its OCIO business after more than 17 years with the firm. Mercer partner Craig Hughes is stepping down to take some downtime, with plans to return to the industry in the second half of 2026. "Working within ...

First Super names interim investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... investment strategy and performance." The appointment comes as Watson prepares to depart the fund after about 13 years. He is set to join BUSSQ as chief investment officer in April. One of his final tasks was to oversee First Super's deeper relationship ...