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Using super as 'piggybank' would be a 'disaster': Schroder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... savings should not be treated as a "piggybank". Schroder said it would be a "disaster" for members if governments told super funds what they should invest in. "Members carry the investment risk, and it is their money," Schroder said. "We must break the ...

Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... called Operation Honeybee II will challenge super funds' cybersecurity response across their entire ecosystem. Super funds, including administrators, service providers, regulators and government agencies, will take part in the exercise that will ...

Life insurers double earnings in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... to turnaround in 2022. Separately, superannuation assets rose 9.8% over the year to June to $4.3 trillion. Industry super funds jumped 15% to $1.6 trillion while retail funds grew 12% to $848.5 billion. Public sector funds made a 6% gain to end up with ...

Alternatives, international equities dominate mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... and there were a 127 for Australian equities. There were an estimated 55 mandate appointments from not-for-profit super funds and investment managers, 199 model portfolio mandates, four mandates from retail super and three mandates from government agencies ...

ESG labelling could 'destabilise' super system: RIAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... products for members while also driving up costs, it said, explaining that compliance needs and costs would rise. "For super funds, this could divert capital, create unnecessary compliance costs, and weaken global competitiveness at a time when Australia ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... accountable for Australians' retirement savings. "In late 2024 and early 2025, ASIC initiated court proceedings against two super funds over their claims handling practices. In January 2025, we called out trustees for weak scam and fraud practices. Then ...

ATO bares teeth at dentists pushing early super access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... illegal promoter schemes, not using super on the approved expense, and creating fake ATO approval letters to present to super funds.

Future Group calls on super funds to push for bold emissions target

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... executive Simon Sheikh said the modelling clearly showed the economic opportunity a 75% target would create and called on super funds to join in the call to push for an ambitious target. "By making a commitment to invest in Australia's transition ...

AustralianSuper executive joins SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... stakeholder relationships. Sharing his appointment on LinkedIn, Coates said he is ready to help shape policy for all super funds. "I deeply valued my time at AustralianSuper. I learned so much and was lucky to work alongside colleagues whose member focus ...

Super funds should prompt members on death benefits: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... nomination and keep it up to date. Given the consequences of not having a nomination and the complexity involved, super funds should be doing a lot more to help members make a nomination and keep it up to date," SCA said.