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FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... March, fixed income was one of the chief beneficiaries of this de-risking and may offer some of the best opportunities this year, especially if the unrest is prolonged. The State Street Risk Appetite Index, a global index which tracks the buying and ...

ASFA chair to step down after four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is on the hunt for a new independent chair. Gary Dransfield is stepping down after four years as independent chair of ASFA. While there, he oversaw the appointment of Mary Delahunty as chief ...

Pinnacle, National Pension Service of Korea up stake in Metrics

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... capacity. Pinnacle said the two equity purchases are interdependent and are expected to complete within the 2026 calendar year. Metrics managing partner and chief executive Andrew Lockhart said: "We are pleased to confirm the agreed transition of equity ...

Rest calls on government to fix 'motherhood penalty'

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
New insights from Rest Super highlights the ongoing impact of the "motherhood super penalty", with women continuing to fall behind in retirement savings due to time out of the workforce and reduced earning capacity, the $100 billion super fund said. ...

Generation Life, PPS Mutual make senior distribution hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Generation Life and PPS Mutual are bolstering their distribution teams with senior hires. Generation Life named Robert Coulter as national key accounts manager, joining from Allianz Retire+ where he served as head of key accounts. Coulter will focus ...

Future Fund gains nearly $2bn in March quarter despite market volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the potential for a stagflationary global environment," Arndt said. "Over the year, risk markets were supportive but there was a significant change of sentiment in the March quarter. The portfolio result reflects ...

Vale Steven Glass

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Pella Funds Management co-founder and managing director Steven Glass has passed away. "To all of us at Pella, Steve was far more than a colleague, he was a close friend and a valued part of our family. From the very beginning, he brought energy, and ...

Unpaid super costs workers $24.4bn: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... Members Council (SMC) found one in four workers were underpaid super between 2018 and 2023, equating to almost $6 billion a year being lost in retirement savings. State-by-state data highlights the uneven impact of unpaid super across the country. While ...

Super funds score win on stamp duty disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... have to disclose stamp duty as part of fees and costs to members is changing from July. From July 1, stamp duty paid in one year will be disclosed over the following seven years in fees and costs summaries publishing in Product Disclosure Statements ...

Cbus members to see 46% increase in insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... a typical member - 30 years old and working in a manual occupation - will see their default cover increase from $590 per year to $857 per year. Media Super members - whose separate insurance product is a much smaller pool of about 29,000 members - will ...