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Women lead in voluntary contributions: Rest

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
New analysis by the profit-to-member fund found women represented around 65% of members making voluntary contributions, compared with 35% men. The data also showed a sharp concentration of voluntary contributions around the end of the end of the financial ...

Future Group marks new successor fund transfer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
Future Group announced its Smart Future Trust will take on the GuildSuper and Child Care Super brands as the group continues to expand with another successor fund transfer (SFT). From September 12, the Guild Retirement Fund will move into the Smart ...

Former director jailed for misuse of $1.75m

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
Former Equitable Financial Solutions director Usman Siddiqui has been sentenced to six years and six months' imprisonment for dishonestly using his position as a director and misappropriating company funds. Siddiqui, the former sole director of Equitable ...

MAM, GIC partner to deliver Anthropic data centres at scale

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has partnered with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC to deliver data centre infrastructure at scale to Anthropic under long-term agreements. The partnership between the three firms will establish a new platform ...

Super funds failing on death benefit comms: SCA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
New research by Super Consumers Australia (SCA) found two-thirds of Australians have not been contacted by their super fund over the past year encouraging them to make a binding death benefit nomination. The Your Say on Super survey showed at least ...

Retirement portfolios need a new playbook: Real Asset Management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The traditional 60/40 portfolio may no longer provide the protection retirees need, with advisers urged to rethink portfolio construction as market volatility, inflation and longevity risks reshape retirement planning. Speaking at the Advisers Big Day ...

IFS recovers record $250m in unpaid super

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has recovered a record $250 million in unpaid superannuation in the 2025-26 financial year, bringing its total recoveries to $2.5 billion since the service commenced. This comes just a month after the Payday Super reform ...

Brighter Super launches lifetime income product in accumulation phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Brighter Super has announced plans to deliver a new lifetime retirement income solution designed to enable eligible members to begin building future lifetime income benefits while they are still working. Brighter Super said the move makes it the first ...

ASIC suspends AFSL of GFA Capital Markets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of GFA Capital Markets (GFA) for five months after finding multiple client money, reporting obligation and compliance failures. GFA's licence has been suspended from 23 July 2026 to ...

Former Berndale director jailed for $700k in misused funds

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Former Berndale Capital Securities director Stavro D'Amore has been sentenced to almost four years' imprisonment after admitting to dishonestly misusing nearly $700,000 of company funds and authorising false statements to ASIC. The Federal Court sentence ...