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Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The government has opened consultation to combat financial abuse in families perpetrated through coerced directorships. The consultation paper by the Treasury noted that financial abusers can exploit loopholes in tax and corporate systems, weaponising ...

ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Following a consultation process that was launched in June, ASIC has outlined its approach to the regulation of employee redundancy funds under the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act), once the current relief expires on 1 April 2026. Operators ...

Superannuation assets jump to $4.5tn: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Members' superannuation savings climbed 9.4% in the year to September to $4.5 trillion, new APRA data shows, spearheaded by the industry funds dominating the asset pool. Industry super funds' assets under management (AUM) grew by 13% annually ...

DC funds "leaving member money on the table": Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
In a recent global peer study conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI), defined contribution (DC) pension funds said they are concerned some members are not saving enough for retirement. The study found 60% of respondents are concerned their ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
As it prepares to merge with Aware Super, TelstraSuper is closing its Direct Access option - and some members aren't happy about it. Last week, TelstraSuper informed members that Direct Access would be closed to new investments from this week. The ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has won a landmark settlement against current and former directors and officers of Meta. The derivative lawsuit was brought to the Delaware Court of Chancery several years ago on behalf of Meta ...

Super SA introduces indexed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
Super SA is rolling out several new investment options across some of its schemes, including two indexed options. From December 1, Super SA is making two new indexed options available to Triple S scheme members - Indexed High Growth and Indexed Balanced. ...

Quay Global lists two active ETFs

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
Quay Global Investors (Quay) launched two new actively managed ETFs. The Quay Global Real Estate Fund (Unhedged) Active ETF and the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (AUD Hedged) Active ETF are available for trading on the ASX from today. The two funds will ...

PE activity to continue momentum in 2026: Corrs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Private equity activity will continue gaining momentum in the next year, according to the 2026 outlook by Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Corrs expects continued appetite for growth in technology, business services and financial services, and growing interest ...

AMP launches new digital financial advice tools

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
AMP has launched a series of new digital advice solutions to provide members with personalised retirement plans. The recent enhancements include streamlined access to three new retirement sub-journeys and a retirement planner. Through the new digital ...