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QIC faces heat over aviation firefighting asset privatisation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... their affiliated unions to scrutinise whether members' retirement savings could be funding the deal. The likes of Australian Retirement Trust, Brighter Super, Hostplus and HESTA have member money invested in funds run by QIC. UFUAV secretary Wes ...

Unpaid super costs workers $24.4bn: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... quarterly system. The change is expected to improve transparency and make it easier to detect underpayments early. The Australian Taxation Office is expected to take a transitional approach to enforcement in the first year, focusing on supporting employers ...

Cbus members to see 46% increase in insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
Cbus members will see an average 46% increase in death and TPD premiums from July 1. Default cover premiums will increase between $0.19 cents and $10.24 per week. There will also be a 12% increase for some income protection categories, the first rise ...

Lazard AM launches emerging market fund to retail sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... fund manager opened the Lazard Global Equity Advantage Fund, which is also managed by the equity advantage team, as an Australian unit trust last November. LAM manages about $379 billion of client assets globally. Parent company Lazard announced last ...

Ausbil broadens wholesale sustainable fund access with ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... sustainable investment solutions. The new ETF (ASX: ASUS) provides exposure to an actively managed portfolio of between 30-45 Australian-listed equities, primarily from the S&P/ASX 200 Index, to deliver risk-controlled outperformance of its benchmark ...

Sequoia abandons InterPrac sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... could adversely affect InterPrac's creditors, including its liabilities in relation to complaints sitting with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) regarding the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds. In an update ...

Trump building 'better' super system than Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... Secretary Scott Bessent said the government designed a plan "that's something pretty close or in the direction of the Australian system." However, Trump said his plan would be "better". "I promised to make the same types of retirement accounts enjoyed ...

M&A is not a 'scattergun' approach: AZ NGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
Since completing its first-ever deal over a decade ago, AZ NGA has completed more than 200 transactions but each of them carries the same purpose to scaling the advice platform, which isn't a "scattergun" approach, AZ NGA group chief executive Paul ...

TPD and disability claims behind 88% of life insurance disputes

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... the claims and advised individuals disputing 934 of the claims. A study released in July last year by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) found mental health was the leading cause of TPD claims, making up almost one in three claims paid. The ...

APRA finalises CPS 230 amendments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has finalised targeted amendments to prudential standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management. The amendments introduce limited exemptions from specific contractual requirements in CPS 230 for material ...