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Fight between SMC and FSC on super rages on

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) has called out the Financial Services Council (FSC) on making selective claims about performance and costs of 'platform' super funds compared with performance-tested mainstream MySuper funds. A latest research by FSC ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...

Rest calls for better alignment in default options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Rest conducted a survey addressing concerns around the ambiguity of standardised investment options and product labels. As a result, the industry fund is now calling for the government to strengthen alignment within the industry. The survey collected ...

Corporate hybrid issuance surges: Report

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Corporate hybrids are re-emerging as a significant segment of the Australian dollar credit market, with QIC saying the asset class is benefiting from regulatory reforms, growing investor demand and changing rating treatment. In a new research paper ...

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
NGS Super has appointed a former board member of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) as head of strategy, as the fund aims to strengthen its retirement offering. Nick Callil has joined NGS Super in the newly created role, bringing ...

FAAA warns adviser levies could exceed $5k as ASIC costs climb

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
Financial advisers could face more than $5000 in combined regulatory levies this financial year, with the Financial Advice Association Australia ( FAAA ) warning rising ASIC and Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) cost are placing unsustainable ...

Former T. Rowe Price distribution head finds new role

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
After a four-month hiatus, the sales director is now calling Evidentia Private, the private wealth arm of Evidentia Group, home. Former T. Rowe Price head of intermediary sales for Australia Jonathon Ross has joined Evidentia Private as principal, private ...

ASIC seeks to wind up Capital Guard AU

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
ASIC is seeking to wind up fixed-income specialist Capital Guard AU amid "serious concerns" about its management and how it handled investor funds mounting to about $17.4 million. ASIC told the Supreme Court of New South Wales it seeks the appointment ...

Super funds fail customer service test: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... body, together with Customer Service Benchmarking Australia (CSBA), conducted a mystery shopping study of 20 major super fund call centres and found on average, the customer satisfaction score did not clear 49.9%. No super fund scored above 55% across ...

Aware hikes fees for former TelstraSuper members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... their 30s have risen by more than 700% over the past decade. This rise in mental health claims has spurred ASIC and APRA to call on the industry to take "decisive action" to address the sustainability challenge facing TPD insurance. In group insurance ...