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Non-partisan superannuation 'friendship' group formed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) attended the launch of Parliamentary Friends of Superannuation at Parliament House. The "friendship" group brings together members of parliament and senators from across the political spectrum in their shared stewardship ...

Australia finalises 'landmark' trade agreement with European Union

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
After years of negotiations, the Federal Government has secured a landmark trade deal with the European Union (EU) overnight, which will unlock "lucrative" access to European government mandates for local businesses. The agreement will see the EU to ...

AustralianSuper says no to leveraged gains, yes to stability

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... stress, providing enough "dry powder" to maximise their investments. Russell, however, said the fund does not support any huge structural changes which would make it easy for funds to play "free and easy" with leveraging up the portfolio. "Talk on the ...

The revolving door of opportunities for advisers in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... volatile global market and growing geopolitical tensions. One of the major opportunities in 2026 that is tipped to garner huge demand for financial advice is retirement. "There is a strong demand for advice which we only see getting stronger as more ...

Advisers 'positioned to thrive' in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... intelligence (AI). "Advisers have gained so much time back in file noting and consolidating information. If used well, I see huge opportunity in the replacement of 'coded documents' to using generative AI templates to write advice documents and, hopefully ...

SMEs prepare for Payday Super cashflow crunch

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... fortnightly payroll but get paid by customers on more than 30-day terms, you suddenly have a liquidity mismatch, which is a huge challenge for any business." Payday Super reforms were successfully passed by the Senate in November and were largely welcomed ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... It typically takes around a year to 18 months for a successor fund transfer (SFT) to happen. During this time there is a huge focus on integration to ensure a seamless transfer without breaking member experience. "You're going to see an uptick in ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... headcount since 2022. While the AI bubble concerns are being compared to the dotcom bubble, Maguchu said that there is a huge difference in terms of the profitability and the size of the AI companies compared to the late 90s. "The fundamentals of these ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... between US$5-8 trillion globally through 2030, most of that in the US, and the challenge for investors is to reconcile the huge capital spending plans with the potential AI revenues, BlackRock said. "Even if spending and revenues reconcile at the macro ...

FAAA launches digital client identification tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... industries that are recognised domestically and globally as "high-risk for criminal exploitation." "Next year is going to be huge for AML/CTF. From July, lawyers, accountants, real estate agents, conveyancers and precious metal and stone dealers will ...