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Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... now fallen to fourth place in the rankings. The Thinking Ahead Institute said the UK is driving major reform, including default retirement pathways and small-pot consolidation to be included in the Pension Schemes Bill, to provide better retirement outcomes ...

Review launched into thin capitalisation reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... if the $2 million exemption threshold should operate as a net debt deduction concept. It will also consider whether the default tax EBITDA calculation operates to appropriately reflect an entity's economic activity in the income year and across multiple ...

CareSuper makes sweeping insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... age, employer and occupation rating. For example, a 43-year-old member with an 'active' occupation rating with default cover of $145,000 for death and $97,000 for TPD would see annual net insurance fees rise from $468.51 to $605.28. Meantime ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... the US "could ultimately experience a financial crisis, an inflation crisis, an austerity crisis, a currency crisis, a default crisis, a gradual crisis, or some combination of crises. Any of these would cause massive disruption and substantially reduce ...

Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Rest's default Growth option returned 9.22% over the 12 months to 31 December 2025 - the third consecutive calendar year of positive returns. Rest said the 2025 return was underpinned by the strong performance of Australian and international listed ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... HESTA members saw over $10 billion added to their retirement savings in 2025, driven by strong investment performance. The default MySuper Balanced Growth option returned 9.42% for the 2025 calendar year, recording above the industry average of 9.1% ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... than half (46%) have actively chosen how their super is invested, one in four (25%) remain in their fund's conservative default option, and nearly one in three (29%) don't know how their super is invested at all, CFS said. "Super is one of the most effective ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The warning by JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon about the possibility of there being more "cockroaches" in the US private credit market has sparked a flurry of debate about risks in the market at a time when its potential is being assessed ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... the nature and risks of private credit funds. "Fund operators and investment managers defined and applied terms such as 'default' and 'investment grade' differently," he said. "Such inconsistent use of terms makes it difficult for investors to meaningfully ...

Rest launches clearing house solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... administration for business, while supporting retirement outcomes for our members." Rest Pay is available at no cost for Rest default employers. Rest said it is in the process of rolling out the platform to employers who currently use its administrator's ...