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FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Private markets have experienced significant growth in recent years, and investors are showing no signs of slowing down. Global private equity (PE) investment rose from US$1.8 trillion in 2024 to US$2.1 trillion in 2025, despite a decline in deal volume ...

ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... has been banned for five years. Shane Monte Silva failed to act in certain clients' best interests when he told them to switch their super so they could invest in the now collapsed schemes, ASIC said. While working at AS Financial Planning, Monte Silva ...

Aussies remain 'positive' about retirement: Challenger

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... significant superannuation savings. Yet, after decades of focusing on saving, many retirees find it surprisingly difficult to switch to spending once they retire," Mannix added. However, the study also presented a positive trend - volunteers are turbocharging ...

Concerns raised over super switching consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... Treasury's super switching consultation, saying parts of it miss the mark. Walsh said the consultation focuses on "the 'switch' as the point of failure" while ignoring a "massive 'user journey' debt created by failing service levels, legacy data matching ...

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
Super Consumers Australia has called for the government to focus on reforms that will actually protect people, warning against ineffective measures and those that will harm victims. It raised concerns over the proposal to remove the 'but for test' from ...

Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... Treasury proposes applying a waiting period to all inter-fund superannuation switches. Members will be required to confirm the switch request for a mandatory period. If confirmation of a rollover request is not received by the transferring fund after ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
Global markets have endured a rollercoaster ride as the conflict in the Middle East rages on, stoked by strong rhetoric from US President Donald Trump. Over the course of the long weekend Trump took to Truth Social to issue a fresh ultimatum to the ...

CSC to increase TPD premiums for PSSap members by 43.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
Members of Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSap) are about to be hit with insurance premium increases of more than 40%. A recent review of the PSSap lifePLUS offering, underwritten by AIA Australia ...

Australians lose $13.5bn by delaying retirement switch: HESTA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... tax-free retirement found last financial year 1.8 million Australians remained in accumulation phase despite being eligible to switch, collectively forgoing $2.5 billion. By 2030, nearly three million Australians are projected to be missing out on $5.5 ...

Another former Venture Egg adviser slapped with four-year ban

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... representative for Interprac Financial Planning and Rhys Reilly, also known as Reilly Financial, Hogan advised four clients to switch their superannuation funds using an advice process that outsourced the fact find and risk profile assessment to an unlicensed ...