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Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Major players in alternatives and real assets are reshuffling their ranks, with asset consultants, super funds and investment managers all announcing new hires and promotions. AustralianSuper confirmed that head of mid-risk portfolios Jason Peasley ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... recent retirees have left the workforce with less than $1 million in superannuation. For these people, some percentage of the Age Pension and the benefits that come with it are critical to helping them achieve the legislated government objective of a ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... lot of water to go under the bridge." Lastly, the world is in the early stages of a major demographic shift as its people age, and more countries deal with absolute population declines. "This gets less public attention, but the impacts will still be ...

Rest injects more into $1.2bn Fidelity climate fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
Fidelity reached final close of its Real Estate Logistics Impact Climate Solutions Fund (LOGICs), raising a further $634 million from several institutions including Rest. The total investment capacity of the fund is now $1.2 billion (€710m), all of ...

IFM Investors, Nest complete first UK investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
IFM Investors and Nest have completed their first UK investments since the UK pension fund took a 10% stake in IFM in February this year. As part of this partnership, Nest committed close to £500 million to seed a global infrastructure debt fund managed ...

APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
APRA is concerned about a growing lack of urgency among superannuation trustees to develop and implement retirement income strategies. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole, speaking at the Innovation in Retirement conference in Sydney, said the APRA-ASIC ...

Early release of super for dental, IVF spikes in FY25

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
The amount being taken from superannuation accounts to pay for dental and IVF treatments increased significantly in the year to June 30. Fresh data released by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) today shows another spike in Aussies applying for early ...

BUSSQ streamlines product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
The $7.4 billion industry super fund has consolidated its accumulation products into one as part of a multi-year simplification strategy. BUSSQ has historically had two accumulation phase products for members in BUSSQ MySuper and Premium Choice. The ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino has said the government is not currently looking at reforming the tax treatment of family trusts. Appearing on Sky News this morning to discuss this week's changes to Division 296, Mulino was asked whether ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... focusing on retirement income as the primary purpose of superannuation and moderating the assets test on the means-tested Age Pension to increase the net replacement rate for average-income earners. Raising the level of household savings and reducing ...