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New SMC campaign to help Aussies care for 'golden super goose'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... with the creative agency Thinkerbell and will roll out nationally via catch-up TV and streaming services, outdoor advertising, audio, social and digital as well as workplace and industry channels. In 2024, ASIC urged super funds and the industry to do ...

UK influencers fined over promotion of unauthorised forex scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... to do so. Some of the posts achieved as many as 35,000 views. Goodger has previously been found to breach the UK's Advertising Standards Authority's code, for the irresponsible promotion of a weight loss supplement which allegedly included editing her ...

Division 296 bill tabled, suggested reforms fall on 'deaf ears'

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... viewing super as a pool of capital for political purposes. The bill was read the second time to introduce a reform on advertising and stapling of super products during employee onboarding. O'Brien agreed that the Coalition supports many of the measures ...

Trustees up sponsorship deals, Hostplus takes lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... Hostplus leads the charge on sporting sponsorship deals as the superannuation sectors' budget for marketing and advertising also balloons, even as APRA cracks down on non-essential expenditure. According to newly released APRA data, Hostplus spent ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Potential reforms around the advertising and stapling of superannuation products during employee onboarding were introduced to the House of Representatives today. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill ...

Advice sector looks to offshore talent to bridge skills gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... dedicated back-office team. Roles in administration, customer service officers and paraplanners, which have declined in advertising rates in Australia by about 9% this year, she said, are mainly the ones offshored. "We are also looking at where those ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... acknowledged the infringement notices and apologised to members for the "error". "The incident was isolated to this online advertising and made in error.​ We apologise to our members and partners, recognising we fell short of the high standards they ...

Brighter Super launches new brand campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... guidance and education." In a series of FAQs about the new campaign, Brighter Super said it keeps its marketing and advertising spend "deliberately low, with spend well below that of many larger funds". It said its budget for such things is 0.01% of ...

Government's rush to implement Payday Super is 'reckless': Coalition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... year. SMC, however, noted that the government has not included previously proposed consumer protections on super fund advertising on employee onboarding platforms, reminding that these protections must also be in place by 1 July 2026 to strengthen member ...

MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... said. Speaking at the same event, MLC chief customer officer Renee Howie said the fund is focusing its efforts on advertising and marketing to attract new members. "There are three core areas that we are focused on, and the first is data. The first is ...