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Top investment teams built on diverse views, transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
Successful female fund managers thrive in investment teams that are built on diverse views, trust and transparency, which are equally important in the companies they invest in. Looking at the progress of gender parity in wealth management, top female ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... correspondence but with that correspondence pointing out the costs and benefits of continued insurance cover and giving the member easy access to ways of dialling down or turning off their insurance cover," ASFA wrote in the report Insurance provided ...

Mega-funds grow but net cashflows steadily decline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... healthiest cashflows followed by Rest. "The decline is primarily driven by a deterioration in net rollovers, indicating member choices are driving the movement rather than maturation of the existing membership," WTW said. "The beneficiaries of these ...

Rest Super names successor to long-serving fixed income lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
Rest Super has found a successor to its long-serving head of fixed income. Rachel O'Connor has been appointed head of fixed income, credit & cash, taking over from Tracey Duff (pictured) who retired at the end of February. Kiran Singh, Rest's ...

First Super names interim investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... decades of superannuation experience. He has held senior roles at Vision Super, including general manager of retirement and member services, spent seven years at Emergency Services Super, and served as head of fixed interest and cash at Telstra Super ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... fund's governing rules if it believes the beneficiary perpetrated family and domestic violence against the deceased member. Option two is to enable a fund to do this only in instances where a court has found a nominated beneficiary was violent towards ...

Former Tyndall managers to run Bell's first Aussie equities strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
Following its official closure on February 27, three former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers will establish an Australian equities function at Bell Asset Management. Bell Asset Management has appointed Tim Johnston, James Nguyen and Scott ...

AFCA membership extended for Shield, First Guardian-linked firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has suspended expelling members in liquidation linked to the collapse of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund. This means United Global Capital (UGC) and Next Generation Advice, which ...

Cbus calls for tax reform on TPD payouts in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... definition of hawking to cover digital lead generation and targeted online marketing, require explicit informed consent before member data is used or transferred for super related purposes and ban adviser referral payments to lead generators." Additionally ...

Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... Vanguard's US business dropped out of PRI in November 2025. It withdrew from NZAM in December 2022, and it was never a member of Climate Action 100+. In a statement, Vanguard said the terms of the settlement reaffirm its standards and the passive ...