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Chalmers flags pension, super spending in Budget update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Ahead of Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Financial Minister Katy Gallagher handing down the Budget update tomorrow, Chalmers has flagged some expected changes. Chalmers said the Budget update will be about "delivery, responsibility and restraint". "We will ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched two new tools to help super trustees strengthen their fraud controls. The new features, dubbed the Scams and Fraud Toolkit and the Scams Policy Template, are now available and ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
After holding a roundtable discussion yesterday, Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino says all consumer-facing sub-sectors within the financial services sector, and all 23 retail-facing sub-sectors will foot the $47.3 million CSLR special levy. ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
The super industry is urging the government to scrap the "outdated" law that denies super to most under-18 workers, which is also increasing the gender gap and costing women up to $11,000 at retirement. The new analysis comes as a Pyxis survey found ...

IFM Investors expands into Canada

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
IFM Investors has opened an office in Toronto, as the firm expands its global footprint. Across Canada, IFM serves more than 200 institutional clients, representing approximately $15.65 billion (C$14.4bn) in funds under management (FUM). IFM said the ...

Cbus appoints chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Cbus has welcomed a chief financial officer to oversee finance, data and analytics, business risk and compliance, and investment enablement. Tim Elliott joins Cbus from Housing Australia where he was the chief financial officer for a year. He brings ...

Mulino taps super sector to help pay CSLR special levy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino has suggested including APRA-regulated superannuation funds in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) as the 2026 special levy has blown out to $47.3 million. Mulino added ...

Renters need twice as much super, risk poverty in retirement: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
Renters are headed for "dire retirement outcomes" as a couple who does not own their own house requires nearly double the amount in superannuation for a comfortable retirement compared to homeowners, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). The ...

REI Super names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
REI Super has promoted one of its longest-serving investment executives to the newly created role of chief investment officer, following a sweeping overhaul of the fund's investment portfolio. Angelos Siapkas has been named chief investment officer ...

Comfortable retirement requires $432k in super: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) states that a financially comfortable retirement requires $432,000 in superannuation for couples and $322,000 for singles who are homeowners. SCA's modelling, which is based on Australians owning their homes outright ...