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Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
The Protecting Your Super Package (PYS) and the Putting Members' Interests First (PMIF) reforms result in $670 million in foregone death benefits each year, new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows. Seven ...

Mercer's OCIO lead set to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
Mercer Australia is set to lose the head of its OCIO business after more than 17 years with the firm. Mercer partner Craig Hughes is stepping down to take some downtime, with plans to return to the industry in the second half of 2026. "Working within ...

First Super names interim investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... investment strategy and performance." The appointment comes as Watson prepares to depart the fund after about 13 years. He is set to join BUSSQ as chief investment officer in April. One of his final tasks was to oversee First Super's deeper relationship ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... policy options to ensure perpetrators are not eligible to receive victims' benefits. Under the forfeiture-like rule or set of rules, if a person has been found by a court to have committed domestic and/or family violence which has resulted in the ...

Clime names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... manager and the fund's name remains unchanged until the buyer formally launches operations in Australia. Settlement is set to occur before March 30.

Cbus calls for tax reform on TPD payouts in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Cbus has used its pre-Budget submission to call for clearer, fairer tax settings on total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance payouts for members under 60 years of age. Cbus said such reforms could save workers and their families thousands of dollars ...

Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
Vanguard will pay more than $40 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 13 Republican states that claimed it, along with BlackRock and State Street, sought to damage the US coal industry through climate activism. The case was brought in late 2024 by ...

Financial services' gender pay gap improves at 21.4%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... equality like their other business goals. Do a detailed analysis to find the issues, create an action plan to address them and set targets to be accountable for ensuring progress happens," Wooldridge said Commenting on the small improvement this year ...

TAL to create Pathways for simpler mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... new platform will be developed with customers and frontline teams, incorporating research-informed frameworks and tools to set goals and provide "the right support at the right time", TAL said. Led by researchers from the university's Central Clinical ...

Life insurer sanctioned for invalid access to customer information

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... non-compliance may result in more severe enforcement actions. We assess each sanction on its own merits, and this decision does not set a precedent for future public naming or sanction outcomes."