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Super funds get ahead of proposed minimum service standards: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
A new report from KPMG finds superannuation funds are getting ahead for the government's proposed minimum service standards set for 2028, including embedding better accountability for service outcomes in their processes following a debacle of administration ...

Aware, TelstraSuper take final steps towards merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
With a signed successor fund transfer deed, Aware Super and TelstraSuper are now just a couple of months out from merging. The two funds said they will look to transfer all TelstraSuper members to Aware in the next two months. A limited service period ...

NZ Super continues to build investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... its investment team as it charts a path to double its assets over the next decade. New Zealand Super - led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend (pictured) - has appointed Brendon Jones as head of real assets. Jones, who joined the fund in 2014 ...

RBA veteran leads AOFM review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... review after it was requested by AOFM's chief executive Anna Hughes. Former RBA deputy chair and the current chair of Funds SA Guy Debelle will lead the review with the mandate to uncover the effectiveness of the organisation, as well as its operations ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
A Danish pension fund is divesting all US government bonds from February 1, citing the country's growing debt crisis. Akademiker Pension, the $36 billion pension fund for academics, is selling off all its US government bond holdings, to the tune ...

Sovereign funds, instos raise $217m for Qld space tech developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... NRFC (investing $75 million) and Hostplus, with co-investors including the Future Fund, HESTA, Blackbird, Main Sequence, Funds SA, NGS Super, and QIC via its $50 million Brighter Super mandate announced in July 2025. The funding round highlights the ...

ART takes 20% stake in Westfield Sydney, hands mandate to QIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will snap up 19.9% stake in Sydney's iconic Westfield mall from Scentre Group for $864 million. Scentre Group will retain 80.1% of the retail asset and remain its property, leasing and development manager. QIC will ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... senior investment roles as it gears up for growth that will see its assets double within a decade. NZ Super, led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend, is recruiting heads of investment strategy, real assets, private equity and alternatives ...

DC funds "leaving member money on the table": Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
In a recent global peer study conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI), defined contribution (DC) pension funds said they are concerned some members are not saving enough for retirement. The study found 60% of respondents are concerned their ...

Super SA introduces indexed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... indexed options will also be rolled out to Income Stream members. Super SA said it worked with its investment manager, Funds SA, to review its investment offerings and introduce the new options. Triple S is the default scheme for South Australian public ...
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