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APRA warns of super fund sustainability challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Almost half of all super funds have seen a decline in member accounts over the last year, despite the number of member accounts across the industry having increased. APRA assessed super funds' performance against a variety of metrics over one, three ...

Super funds must improve reporting, audits: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... sponsorship and advertising expenses. Those are two key outcomes of an ASIC review into the financial reporting and audit of super funds. The regulator said a lack of consistency in categorising unlisted investments makes it difficult to compare investments ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... [the digital adviser can produce] SoAs. That's the Holy Grail," he says. The inevitable Late last year, several super funds put digital advice offerings high on their agenda, releasing new offerings or giving existing ones a face lift. Hostplus ...

Retirees should put 80% of balance into annuities: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... In its submission to the Treasury consultation, it suggested that retirees should be guided by the government and super funds to use 80% of their balance exceeding $250,000 to purchase an annuity. The submission said this change could boost income by ...

Macquarie to pay Shield victims in full

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... also recognise the efforts of ASIC to negotiate this outcome and appreciate that it will place pressure on the other super funds to take similar action. "This intervention will help to restore confidence in the Australian super system and financial services ...

SMC calls for simplified retirement system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... keep members informed and involved, so they can trust and understand their retirement options; and make sure smaller super funds can use best practice approaches without making things too costly for members. SMC said it will release a report next month ...

Younger generations drive SMSF sector growth: Class

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
The number of self-managed super funds (SMSF) has grown on the back of increased participation by younger Australians despite regulatory uncertainty, according to a report by Class. The 2025 Annual Benchmark Report by Class found the number of SMSFs ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... instance. Could this be why businesses remain relatively lax in improving their cybersecurity? For organisations like super funds, this can have an opposing effect as they are the most prominent players in managing their members' retirement funds. ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... currency exposure, which he said is tipped to reach $1 trillion in value over the next decade. Hauser noted Australian super funds are investing an "ever-increasing" amount overseas. "Australian retirement savings are the fourth largest in the world ...

Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... especially for small business owners and farmers who hold illiquid assets like real property in their self-managed super funds. "There's a strong possibility a member could be cumulatively taxed on investments that ultimately make an overall loss ...