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Income support system cannot handle claims surge: CALI

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
Australia's support income system is facing significant strain, with a sharp rise in people unable to work due to illness or injury, particularly mental health conditions. New research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) ...

Vision Super to close Diversified Bonds option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
Vision Super is shutting its $24.5 million Diversified Bonds investment option due to low member demand. As at December 2025, the option represented less than 0.08% of total funds under management, Vision Super said, adding the trustee regularly reviews ...

Openmarkets makes private wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Openmarkets is expanding into private wealth, with plans to attract 50 financial advisers over the next three years. Openmarkets' private wealth advisory has onboarded several new advisers across Australia in the past 12 months as part of a strategic ...

Dexus and Boral partner in $10bn project

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Dexus has announced a joint venture with Boral to develop a major logistics precinct in Melbourne's western corridor with a potential lettable area of 2.5 million square metres. Dexus chief executive Ross Du Vernet confirmed on the sidelines of the ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... markets Beverley Morris 04 says. "We believe that financial markets currently are somewhat complacent about these risks." A super lens Superannuation funds have a slightly different approach to market disruptions. HESTA chief investment officer Sonya ...

ASFA chair to step down after four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... Hayes, formerly chief risk officer at TelstraSuper, is also departing the board. It comes as TelstraSuper merges into Aware Super. "It has been a pleasure to work with the ASFA chief executive and board at a pivotal time for the organisation and the ...

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. ...

QIC faces heat over aviation firefighting asset privatisation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... scrutinise whether members' retirement savings could be funding the deal. The likes of Australian Retirement Trust, Brighter Super, Hostplus and HESTA have member money invested in funds run by QIC. UFUAV secretary Wes Garrett said the issue raised ...

Unpaid super costs workers $24.4bn: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... Australians missed out on $24.4 billion in unpaid superannuation in the past five years to 2023, reinforcing the need for Payday Super, the lobby group says. New analysis from Super Members Council (SMC) found one in four workers were underpaid super ...

Cbus members to see 46% increase in insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... 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 see an increase of between ...