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HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... return of 11.25% and Retirement Income Stream Conservative yielding 7.53% for the last 12 months. The results also follow the super fund's announcement to lower investment fees across most of its ready-made investment options in the last financial ...

Super funds' external fund manager spend hits $2bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... 60% of the amount going to equity fund managers, according to APRA figures. The prudential regulator's breakdown of super funds' expenses released in December showed that equity fund managers comprise a large chunk of the investment fees paid ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... Asset Management shuttered following the loss of a major mandate. Since the survey launched, Frontier observed the number of super funds diminish by two thirds and the size of some portfolios more than triple. Despite this, fund managers' confidence ...

First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
First Super chief executive Bill Watson will bid farewell to the fund for the paper, pulp and timber industries to take up a lead investment role. Watson is joining BUSSQ as chief investment officer, effective April. He has served as chief executive ...

Super education leads to engagement, higher balances: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... to be engaged and take actions that improve their retirement savings. The survey of more than 1500 people compiled by the Super Members Council (SMC) highlights the increase in Australians' confidence in superannuation as 64% of participants said the ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... ways to build wealth - superannuation - but many were not viewing it as an investment. While over half (54%) consider their super to be an investment - this dropped to 48% among those under 50 - engagement also remains strikingly low. Less than half ...

Small win for First Guardian victims amid platform transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
First Guardian victims who have been forced to remain members of the super funds that wronged them are now able to transfer out. Since the collapse of the investment scheme, members of AusPrac Super and YourChoice Super were essentially forced to remain ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... are you going to get out?" The question marked the decisive shift in the regulator's tone, making its agenda explicit: super funds unable to demonstrate sustainable performance or efficiency should be merging or exiting the industry. The reasoning ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... the Magnificent Seven (Mag7) stocks. "Sovereign investors exhibit notable concentration risks. For instance, NBIM and NZ Super, have allocated 11% or more of their respective portfolios - equating to a staggering US$229 billion for the Norwegian fund ...

ART takes 20% stake in Westfield Sydney, hands mandate to QIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
... by more than 33 million customers every year and generating a total business partner sales in excess of $1.1 billion. The super fund with more than $350 billion in members' retirement funds said Westfield Sydney has consistently demonstrated strong performance ...