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Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... switching superannuation safer, strengthening trustee governance, limiting or better protecting advice-fee deductions from super and requiring platforms to compensate members for some investment failures on their platforms. Treasury proposes applying ...

Treasury opens CSLR funding, sustainability consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... three-part consultation in response to the fallout from the Shield and First Guardian master fund collapses that impacted 11,000 super members and put more than $1 billion of their savings at stake. Running in parallel are the enhancing member protections ...

Prime Super tweaks fees across offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
Prime Super will reduce its fixed and asset-based percentage administration fees from June 1, across its accumulation and pension products. It will also raise investment fees across options. The super fund is introducing an administration cost of 0.015% ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... long-term retirement goals as global markets reel from the ongoing volatility. Following the start of the Iran conflict, the super fund said it has seen a rise in average daily investment switching activity, while the number of visits to HESTA's ...

CSC to increase TPD premiums for PSSap members by 43.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
Members of Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSap) are about to be hit with insurance premium increases of more than 40%. A recent review of the PSSap lifePLUS offering, underwritten by AIA Australia ...

REI Super names new chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
REI Super has welcomed Geoff Peck as its new chair, taking over the helm from Claire Higgins this week. Peck brings more than 40 years' experience across superannuation, insurance and financial services, with expertise in governance, strategy, distribution ...

Global recession a 'real possibility': UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo said that while a global recession is not assured, it remains a real possibility given the size of Middle East conflict. "The market is now priced for a meaningful hit to growth and weaker earnings, but ...

ASX is 'compromised' and 'lacks aspiration': Final report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
The ASX Inquiry Panel has released a damning final report into the ASX, focusing on governance, capability and risk management frameworks and practices across the group. The panel conducted more than 140 stakeholder interviews, reviewed submissions ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
"I'm the eldest boy!" This is one of the most quotable quotes from the award-winning television show Succession, and while it is somewhat outdated for parents to leave behind their money, or legacy, to one child due solely to birth order or gender ...

Women to drive tailored advice demand: State Street

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
Women are expected to inherit an estimated $3.2 trillion over the next decade, creating demand for tailored advice, legacy planning and retirement income design, State Street Investment Management said. State Street's first module of Reimagining Retirement ...