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Trustees drop the ball on advice fee oversight

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
In line with the government's push to tighten the gap in oversight on financial advice fee deductions from super funds, a solution provider is observing a spike in trustees reaching out for expertise, but highlighted the move is not to assess the ...

Netwealth reports record $36bn FUM in Q1

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... 21), increasing total accounts to 186,098 and financial intermediaries to 4226. Super inflows, excluding self-managed super funds, increased 16.8% on the previously corresponding period to $2.7 billion, supported by the commencement of Payday Super. ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... failures. "What the government's trying to do is clarify what level of risk is acceptable with somebody's super funds, because there's an implicit assumption by many people that because this is mandated, because the super system is controlled ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
The latest proposal from the government to see super funds contribute to the Compensation Scheme as a Last Resort (CSLR) would force everyday Australians to fund failures which arose in unrelated high-risk financial services, the Super Members Council ...

ASIC flags gaps in super fund valuations

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... decade. ASIC will expand its surveillance program in 2026-2027 to include managed investment schemes, reviewing 20 super funds and 20 schemes, alongside four audit surveillances in each category. The regulators said it would consider regulatory or enforcement ...

HUB24 boosts adviser engagement with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... HUB24." Allianz Retire+ partners with AIA Meanwhile, Allianz Retire+ has partnered with AIA Australia to work with super funds, wealth platforms, financial advisers and retirement service providers to improve health and wellbeing of Australians. Under ...

Super funds bring more investment management inhouse

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
... Information associated director research, Camille Schmidt said the trend reflected the growing capabilities of large super funds. "The research shows internalisation is a defining feature of Australia's superannuation sector, although the trend is ...

Minister's proposal to avert tariffs 'ill-advised': SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
... deliver them the strongest possible long-term risk-adjusted returns." SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said the super funds make these investment decisions independently of governments "for very good reason", lambasting Farrell's comments. "Comments ...

Super fund-backed Atmos raises near $3bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
Atmos Renewables, an Australian subsidiary of Igneo Infrastructure Partners and is co-invested by local super funds like Cbus, MLC and AMP Super, has raised a combined $2.9 billion for two energy projects that account for almost one gigawatt (GW) of ...

AMP, CFS and Vision Super get the Epic Retirement Tick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
Three super funds, AMP Super, CFS FirstChoice and Vision Super, have joined the line-up of funds that have received the Epic Retirement Tick from Chant West and the Epic Retirement Institute. These funds join Australian Retirement Trust - Super Savings ...