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Rest launches new retirement tools to increase advice appetite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
The $100 billion super fund has announced a new digital experience designed to simplify members' access to its resources for retirement needs, especially for its advice business. The Rest Retire Ready is designed to connect pre-retiree members to ...

Janus Henderson launches small caps fund in Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
Janus Henderson Investors (Janus Henderson) has launched the Janus Henderson Global Smaller Companies Fund in Australia. The new fund will provide Australian investors with access to potential growth opportunities through global smaller company investments. ...

One in three Aussies face 10-year retirement savings gap: Fidelity

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
New research has revealed that one third of Australian pre-retirees and retirees over the age of 50 are financially unprepared for retirement, facing a savings shortfall of at least a decade. Fidelity International's latest research, in partnership ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
Although Payday Super addresses critical issues, including the $5 billion in unpaid super, the Coalition believes the government's "rushed implementation" of the bill could hurt the economy. Payday Super, which is slated to come into effect on 1 July ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... of original estimates. "I believe it is appropriate that you exercise your powers under section 11 of the Auditor-General Act 1997 and conduct a performance audit of the expansion of the HAFF availability payments to ensure the efficient and prudent ...

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
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Kenya is planning to roll out its first sovereign wealth fund as it looks to safeguard its income derived from oil, gas and minerals mining. The Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund is designed to provide a buffer from fluctuations in resource revenues or macro-economic ...

MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
MLC Super chief executive Dave Woodall said MLC hopes to have cracked the top three superannuation funds in terms of size as part of its 2030 strategy. Speaking at a client event this morning, Woodall said the transition back to the MLC brand was the ...

Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Outcomes (DBFO) package represents advice reforms that are potentially as significant as the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act and the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms," the paper said. "These reforms are critical for increasing access to ...