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FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... saying is there is a "disconnect between what's happening in the boardroom and in the bullpen." What message is the super industry sending when trustees cannot be bothered to check if members are being paid their death or insurance benefits, often at ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... I expect that to be further highlighted by the APRA industry stress test," Stavrou says. "It's not just the super industry; it's the banking industry, as well, and the interconnectivity of those two. "One thing to note with super as an industry ...

UniSuper's Chun honoured by FEAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... superannuation fund executive who has made a significant and lasting contribution to their fund and the broader super industry. The award includes an education grant of $30,000 sponsored by QIC. Commenting, FEAL chair Brian Delaney said: "Peter's ...

TAL, Challenger help launch MLC Retirement Boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... with their superannuation clients from August. Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said until now the super industry has treated the accumulation and decumulation phases entirely separately, and "we don't think that accurately reflects ...

ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has hailed the superannuation industry's $4.1 trillion war chest, which is larger than the ASX's total market capitalisation, as an impressive achievement. But for all its size and influence, Longo reinforced at the AmCham Regulator ...

Chalmers lays down the law on super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... been before the Parliament for a little while now and we haven't changed our approach to it," he said. The super industry has been pushing against the policy with the SMSF Association (SMSFA) saying the tax on unrealised gains "punished aspiration". ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... $27,000, while for women it is $20,000. Common challenges faced by First Nations Australians in engaging with the super industry include lack of digital and financial literacy, lack of culturally trained staff, and issues related to identification processes. ...

Gen X remains the largest cohort in SMSF establishments: Class

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... landscape, which surpassed $1 trillion in total assets in November 2024, equating to more than 25% of the $4.08 trillion super industry. "We undertook an analysis of data from Class SMSFs for the first half of FY25 which pleasingly shows the sector continues ...

Hostplus' AFCA complaint response times lag

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... March 31, which slightly improved to 119 days in the quarter ending June 30. However, both were higher than the super industry average of 105 days to close a complaint. The report also revealed that less than half (46% in the quarter ending March 31 ...

Size of super industry on ASIC's radar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told the ASIC Annual Forum that the regulator is watching potential risks to financial stability as the superannuation sector grows. Questioned on her thoughts around the recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) report ...