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Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
The lobby group for women's financial security in retirement has refreshed its board, appointing two new directors and welcoming back a former member as it sharpens its focus on advocacy, equity and industry engagement. First up is Carla De Campo ...

Super funds continue to fail vulnerable members: UNSW

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... advice to members. Addressing financial advisers at the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress last week, minister for financial services Daniel Mulino struggled to provide a clear timeline for the passage of DBFO but said that he is ...

APRA-regulated funds should not pay CSLR special levy: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... system." However, the government is likely to lean towards spreading the special levy across all sub-sectors. Last week, minister for financial services Daniel Mulino acknowledged that no one wants to bear the consequences of the collapsed schemes at ...

Prevention of Shield, First Guardian-like events the focus from here on: Mulino

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... disasters like the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund from happening again will be the focus moving forward, minister for financial services Daniel Mulino told the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress. Although compensating ...

Conaghan holds ASIC accountable for Shield, First Guardian mess

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The shadow minister for financial services Pat Conaghan has thrust ASIC front and centre of the First Guardian and Shield Master Fund collapses, saying it should take accountability for its delayed action and it is high time for its reformation. Conaghan ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... Council of Ethics is an independent body that makes recommendations to the fund's board for consideration. Norway's wealth minister Jens Stoltenberg said the world has changed since the ethical guidelines were first adopted in 2004 and they require revisiting. ...

Equity Trustees to ask Mulino for help amid First Guardian, Shield fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... funds ETSL is trustee of have lost about $70 million through First Guardian. He said ETSL is preparing an application to minister of financial services Daniel Mulino under Part 23 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 for financial assistance ...

Unclaimed super pot hits $19bn: ATO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... accounts you have, and to consider if appropriate to consolidate your super to reduce fees and make it easier to manage." Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said the government is urging Australians to check if they have any lost or unclaimed ...

Government taps IFM, Plenary for Southeast Asia boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... and the economic growth of Southeast Asia. Announced at the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum in Kuala Lumpur this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will invest $175 million in IFM Investors' Asia-Pacific Debt Fund and $76.3 million in ...

Netwealth invokes Part 23 of SIS Act in First Guardian response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... impacted by the First Guardian failure. This morning, the listed platform and superannuation provider said it had applied to minister for financial services Daniel Mulino for financial assistance under Part 23 of the SIS Act on October 24. Part 23 of ...