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Future Group to internalise super trustee structure

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... APRA's approval. Stewarda holds an APRA extended public offer RSE licence allowing it to act as trustee for multiple super funds, including Future Super, Verve Super, GuildSuper (and Child Care Super), and smartMonday. This acquisition will support ...

Advice fee spike raises super concerns: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... switching activity and warned many younger Australians with balances below $100,000 were moving into self-managed super funds (SMSFS) or platform products that carried significantly higher costs. According to the analysis, SMSF operating costs for members ...

Small fee increases cost nest eggs $77k: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... p.a. to 0.87% p.a. Super fund members, including SMSFs, paid an aggregate of $34 billion in fees in FY25. Smith added super funds can charge up to six different types of fees, including administration, investment, transaction, insurance and activity-based ...

Diversa drags Praemium into First Guardian lawsuit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... sub-plans, YourChoice Super and AusPrac, were exposed to First Guardian between 2020 to 2024. Diversa, as trustee of the super funds, failed to enforce a 50% holding limit it imposed for First Guardian, ASIC alleged, and failed to have systems and processes ...

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... funds' invested assets doubled that of retail funds at $1.58 trillion and $861.9 billion respectively. Industry super funds have the biggest amount invested in private debt at $19 billion while retail funds have $13.13 billion. Industry funds had ...

FEATURE | Member engagement | On the ball

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... be paying dividends. The uptick is evident in APRA tracking promotional-type expenses for the last financial year: super funds spent $339.9 million in total on marketing and advertising, jumping 21% from two years ago. Sponsorship expenditure totalled ...

APRA embeds geopolitical risks management ground rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... well, as their traditional risk frameworks may no longer be adequate in the current environment. Penning a letter to super funds and insurers, APRA defined geopolitical risks as "the potential for adverse impacts on the financial system from international ...

ASIC expands list of super lead generation entities

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... lead generation activities as part of an ongoing review into business models that may encourage consumers to switch super funds unnecessarily or inappropriately. The regulator updated a list first published in February, which identified 44 entities linked ...

APRA opens consultation to governance reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... Lonsdale commented: "Strong governance is fundamental to the safety, resilience and performance of banks, insurers and super funds. Over a long period of time, APRA has observed that problems at our regulated entities can be frequently traced to poor ...

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... the importance of how its System Risk Stress Tests (SRST) should be designed and the implications these will have on super funds and the broader financial system. Super fund attendees, which included representation from NGS Super, Vision Super, Legal ...