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'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... Under current rules, workers under 18 are only legally guaranteed super if they work more than 30 hours a week for one employer, as it was invented to prevent fees eroding low-balance super accounts, a reason the Super Members Council (SMC) said "no ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Some 68% of candidates who sat the November sitting of the financial adviser exam passed, ASIC's results show. A total of 308 candidates undertook the exam, with 208 passing with flying colours. About three-quarters (75.6%) sat the exam for the first ...

'Unretiring' a global trend: T. Rowe Price

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
T. Rowe Price's inaugural Global Retirement Savers Study has revealed nearly 34% of retirement savers worldwide expect to work at least part-time after retiring. The survey found this expectation is most pronounced in the United States, where 37% of ...

Rest launches clearing house solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Following a successful pilot program, Rest will launch a new clearing house solution to help businesses meet their upcoming Payday Super obligations from 1 July 2026. The super fund said the Rest Pay solution is purpose-built for Payday Super and aims ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... more or are aged between 15 and 69 for death cover, or between 15 and 64 for TPD. Members must also have received an employer contribution or rollover into their account with the fund within 120 days immediately prior to 16 February 2026. "If you are ...

FAAA's Advice Academy launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has launched the Advice Academy in a bid to help and support new entrants. Advice Academy offers training modules from Kaplan Professional, mentoring opportunities, a professional year (PY) hours tracker ...

Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... Gender Equality Agency has released the latest Australia's Gender Equality Scorecard. Spanning the past 12 months, the employer census revealed that the national gender pay gap has dropped by 0.7 percentage points (pp) to 21.1%, from 21.8% last year. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Superannuation assets jump to $4.5tn: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... jumped by more than 37,200, growing 6% annually. Overall, total contributions increased by 12.7% to $215.6 billion and employer contributions rose by 8.8% to $153.2 billion. Member contributions jumped by 23.6% to $62.4 billion. Benefit payments rose ...