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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.

Former adviser back in Australia to face theft charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... Magistrates Court on 136 counts of stealing. The funds she misappropriated were intended for clients' self-managed super funds but were instead deposited into a bank account in Pearson's business' name without their knowledge. It's also alleged Pearson ...

APRA sets higher cybersecurity expectations for trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... wrote in its newly published 2025-26 Corporate Plan. At a media briefing yesterday, APRA chair John Lonsdale said that super funds are "making progress" on implementing MFA. "We've made our wish very clear as to what we'd like to see. I think ...

Chalmers confirms super performance test changes are coming

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
... about abolishing the performance test, and we are not talking about in any way interfering with the sole purpose of super funds, which is to deliver the maximum returns that they can for the members. I want to be perfectly clear about that," Chalmers ...

Vision Super divests G8 Education over abuse charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... decision that the risk was reduced to acceptable levels." Australian Ethical, Future Super and HESTA are some of the super funds that are also invested in G8 Education. In response to a letter from the NSW Early Childhood Teachers Group, HESTA confirmed ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... them to ASIC demonstrates a lack of care for customers and can put more at risk. "As one of Australia's largest super funds, Mercer Super should have had adequate systems in place to manage and monitor critical issues like this." In a statement ...

ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... reaching retirement age feel they will be able to retire comfortably, adding that the lack of member services provided by super funds was part of the issue. "What really hits home in [the Best Possible Retirement ] report is the gulf emerging in member ...

Super board moves: ART, Aware, Brighter Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
August is a season for reporting - and board appointments. Three major super funds ART, Aware and Brighter Super announce their latest additions. At Australian Retirement Trust (ART), multiple chair appointee Anthony Lynham will join the board on August ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... superannuation funds to include stamp duty payments in fee disclosures in a bid to boost their investment in property. Super funds have long held concerns that obligations under Regulatory Guide 97: Disclosing fees and costs in PDSs and periodic statements ...

Super funds risk 'falling behind': MUFG Retirement Solutions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... industry-wide uplift in digital identity and fraud protection capabilities as it works with the Australian government and super funds to pilot a new digital ID tool. Speaking exclusively with Financial Standard, MUFG Retirement Solutions (ANZ) chief ...