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Retirees could be out up to $136k: SMC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
A report by the Super Members Council (SMC) suggests the complex retirement system in Australia could be costing retirees up to $136,000. The modelling underscores the long-awaited need for financial advice reforms, and simpler, smarter pathways to ...

Super fees continue to fall: Rainmaker

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The Superannuation Benchmarking Report by Rainmaker Information shows FY25 saw superannuation fund fees fall for the sixth consecutive year. Super fund members, including self-managed super fund (SMSF) members, paid an industry aggregate of $34 billion ...

Government's rush to implement Payday Super is 'reckless': Coalition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... advertising on employee onboarding platforms, reminding that these protections must also be in place by 1 July 2026 to strengthen member protection and prevent multiple accounts with duplicate fees. SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said: "We also need ...

PacSuper extends mandate with Perpetual

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... strengthening PacSuper's investment platform for the future. We are raising the bar for governance, transparency, and member advocacy within the local superannuation sector, ensuring every decision made is firmly anchored in delivering the best outcomes ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is being audited by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh has confirmed in a letter to Senator Andrew Bragg. In addition, McLiesh said the ANAO is also ...

James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney is appealing the Federal Court's decision to bar him from dealing in financial products for 15 years. Last month, the Federal Court upheld a previous decision to ban Mawhinney from receiving or soliciting ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... the first time a Canadian manager has been sued for alleged mismanagement of climate risk. In July 2018, an individual member took super fund Rest to court, claiming it was unclear what the fund was doing in response to climate change. In 2020, the case ...

MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... I put that where they are," she said. Howie said MLC will look to use anonymised data about members to then drive more member engagement. "... we have a range of identifiers that says we know who they are, we know where they work, we understand where ...

Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
The Actuaries Institute has released a proposed framework for closing the financial advice gap in Australia. The Actuaries Institute Help, Guidance and Advice (HGA) Working Group undertook extensive research and consultation to examine how different ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
The man responsible for auditing United Global Capital and its two managed funds has had his company auditor registration torn up after he was found to have 'continuously failed to undertake basic audit work' that could have saved millions in SMSF investors' ...