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Constant slams super funds over complaints handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has taken aim at superannuation fund trustees over how they identify systemic issues from member complaints. Speaking at an industry event, Constant said five out of the 10 super funds the regulator is reviewing over ...

SMSFs continue to demonstrate competitive edge: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... guidance, they can also significantly underperform. That variability reinforces why professional advice is so critical for trustees. Trustees who engage professional advisers are better positioned to manage risk, make informed decisions and adapt their ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... culpability to prevent the offender benefitting from their crime. Meantime, the first policy option proposed is to allow trustees to set aside a person as an eligible beneficiary, the binding death benefit nomination, or depart from an allocation otherwise ...

MIS review ignores key issues: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... MISs, and the development of a comprehensive data informed early warning system, which would cover superannuation fund trustees, responsible entities (REs) and financial advice licensees to help identify issues in areas such as distribution, growth and ...

Future Group to buy Towers Watson RSE licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... Jeremy Cooper will serve as chair. Cooper already has a role at Future Group as chair of its Carbon Advisory Board. Equity Trustees currently serves as Future Group's trustee, a relationship that commenced in 2023. Before that, it was under Diversa. ...

Equity Trustees lands new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Equity Trustees (EQT) has been appointed Responsible Entity for the new River Capital High Conviction Fund. The fund, available to institutional and wholesale investors directly, and to retail investors via platforms, provides access to a focused portfolio ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... penalties in the second half of 2025 following successful cases against some of Australia's largest companies and super trustees including ANZ, NAB, Cbus, RAMS and Australian Unity Funds Management. ASIC's work will also see a total of $583 million returned ...

Chalmers releases retirement phase reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... product focus on the retirement phase as there is in the accumulation phase. "They will improve transparency and drive trustees to innovate and deliver better retirement solutions for their members," Chalmers said. "This will help Australians retire ...

Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... financial wellbeing in retirement. These can be developed through general advice and interactive tools for members and fund trustees and should be developed through a total balance sheet lens, with a focus on super and the Age Pension in member calculations ...

OneVue adviser exits dents Praemium's FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... translated to revenue reducing by $1.4 million. Given Praemium and OneVue are investment platform providers to Diversa Trustees, which has exposure to the First Guardian fund, the group previously flagged that FUA took a $286 million hit. "The exposure ...