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Top investment teams built on diverse views, transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... Equality Agency (WGEA), AustralianSuper has a gender pay gap of 14.6% and 52% of its workforce is women. Since 2019, the super fund has slashed its average gender pay gap from 31% to 14.6%. "It's a good start, but there's more that needs to be ...

IFM maps path for super funds to meet US infrastructure funding gap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... in US infrastructure funding with investments from Australian superannuation funds. This comes on the back of Australian super fund leaders reaching the United States for another Australian Superannuation Investment Summit. Presented by the Australian ...

Australians unlock only 1% of $600bn in home equity: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
A new study reveals that around $600 billion of home equity can be unlocked through structured equity release products, yet only a fraction has been used thus far. Deloitte's 2026 Australian Reverse Mortgage Survey - compiled in collaboration with Heartland ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
Brought to you by Ziller Funds Management. Founder-led companies have historically outperformed - it's been established many times over through both industry and academic research. In perhaps one of the most notable examples, having observed that ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
The Protecting Your Super Package (PYS) and the Putting Members' Interests First (PMIF) reforms result in $670 million in foregone death benefits each year, new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows. Seven ...

Morgan Stanley sheds 2500 global roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
Morgan Stanley is shedding 2500 jobs across its global workforce, affecting many in the investment banking, wealth management and investment management divisions. As first reported overnight by the Wall Street Journal, roles from front office to the ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASIC chair Joe Longo highlighted two key development areas for Australia to align with prominent players across the Asia Pacific region, saying the regulator wants to be a backer, not blocker, of financial innovation. Speaking at the Asia Securities ...

Mega-funds grow but net cashflows steadily decline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... to 10 in 2025, with their growth being almost entirely organic as their net cashflows decline. Willis Towers Watson's Super Industry 2026 report shows four more super funds joined the mega-fund club throughout 2025, with CFS FirstChoice, Cbus, HESTA ...

NZ Super continues to build investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... is continuing to build up its investment team as it charts a path to double its assets over the next decade. New Zealand Super - led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend (pictured) - has appointed Brendon Jones as head of real assets. Jones ...

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 ...