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Law blocking abusers from hiding assets in super enters parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... "We have listened to the survivors and advocates who have a been calling for strong accountability and justice for a long time," Mulino said. "The Albanese Government will establish the principle that convicted perpetrators cannot use the superannuation ...

Australia finalises 'landmark' trade agreement with European Union

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... released an outlook for the Australia-EU free trade agreement, stating both economies will observe complementary benefits over time despite an earlier positive capture by the EU. "Over time, clearer labelling rules and phase-outs/grandfathering arrangements ...

Prime Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... option will be able to switch out of it until May 22. Any members still invested in the Fixed Interest option after this time, will have the portion of their account balance invested in it automatically switched to the Cash investment option. Prime Super ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. She also intended to change her superannuation. "At the time I was with Macquarie Vision and when I looked at my super statements from 2021 to 2022, I saw my balance had dropped by $28,000. ...

Severe underperformance sees Polen Capital funds wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... primarily in North America and Europe. Its top holdings as at February end were NVIDIA, Alphabet, Broadcom and Microsoft; at that time, it had $25.1 million in funds under management. Since its March 2021 inception the fund returned 14.30% against the ...

Australian Ethical makes changes to super menu, fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... objectives, over 10 years its returns are similar to that of the Growth option without the elevated risk profile. At the same time, from June it will introduce a new Conservative Balanced investment option for accumulation and pension members. It will ...

Wealth levels triple for middle Australia: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... decades ago, millions of everyday Australians now own a direct profit-share in the nation's economic growth for the first time," SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said. "Those super savings owned by millions of everyday Australians are now one of Australia's ...

APRA kicks off Retirement Reporting Framework consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
APRA has launched a consultation on how it can effectively collect and report data from superannuation funds as part of its work under the Retirement Income Covenant. The prudential regulator has released details of how it can work with the industry ...

Aware Super appoints head of private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... portfolio manager, private equity, and was promoted last year to senior portfolio manager, private equity. Aware said during this time, he has played a central role in evolving the fund's private equity strategy, building capability to invest more ...

Platform funds, mega funds to dominate: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... Super report notes non-platform mega funds hold 39% of today's market share. This is expected to grow to 54% in nine years' time. These funds service 1.5 million member accounts on average, charging a total fee of 0.82% based on a $50,000 account balance ...