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Law blocking abusers from hiding assets in super enters parliament

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026

... House of Representatives today which seeks to prevent convicted child sexual abusers from hiding their assets in superannuation to avoid paying compensation to their victims. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said the reforms improve transparency ...

Prime Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026

Prime Super is closing two options following a recent review of its asset allocations. The Fixed Interest option will close from May 15. Members invested in the option will be able to switch out of it until May 22. Any members still invested in the ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026

... such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. She also intended to change her superannuation. "At the time I was with Macquarie Vision and when I looked at my super statements from 2021 to 2022, I saw my balance had ...

Australian Ethical makes changes to super menu, fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026

Australian Ethical Super is closing its High Growth offering and introducing another investment option as it prepares to roll out fee changes. Australian Ethical Super will close its High Growth investment option from May 1, with all members to be transferred ...

Wealth levels triple for middle Australia: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026

... 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 plays in strengthening household ...

APRA kicks off Retirement Reporting Framework consultation

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026

APRA has launched a consultation on how it can effectively collect and report data from superannuation funds as part of its work under the Retirement Income Covenant. The prudential regulator has released details of how it can work with the industry ...

Platform funds, mega funds to dominate: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026

... platform funds, with a median $250,000 balance, and mega funds, with over $100 billion in assets, will dominate the superannuation landscape and overtake the 'retail versus industry fund' debate. The 2026 Mercer Shaping Super report notes non-platform ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026

... 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 three terminated advice practices ...

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

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026

... investors switching to super platforms, balances are significantly higher than those of their peers in the broader superannuation system. For example, under 30s establishing accounts on platforms have average balances of $54,800, over three times higher ...

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

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026

... the public of the harm arising from Macquarie's failure and deters other corporations from doing the same. "Superannuation trustees play a crucial role safeguarding the retirement savings of their members. Australians expect super trustees to take ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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