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TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
TAL is collaborating with SANE, a digital mental healthcare platform for eligible super fund members dealing with mental health issues. The collaboration combines SANE's expertise and its clinical and lived experience insights, with TAL's investment ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
As HESTA and Vision Super move to divest members' money from Israeli bonds and shares, other superannuation funds' ethical options continue to overlook human rights abuses. HESTA confirmed the move, saying that as part of its investment strategy ...

November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... justification for the RBA to sit on its hands in relation to further rate relief," Rynne said. "However, from KPMG's perspective, the current cash rate remains too restrictive and when looking at the labour market it is clear that the momentum for employment ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... appropriate". McLiesh said the ANAO will be assessing the HAFF from both a performance audit and financial statements audit perspective. In his request for the audit, Bragg raised concerns over media reports that some HAFF payments for the building on ...

MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... governed, strong balance sheet strength and has an eye on the future." Woodall said the MLC brand will have a global perspective and is seeking out global partners, something Woodall said is "not optional anymore". "It's actually mandatory, because ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... whether it's changing approach, whether it's changing process, whether it's understanding things more from that member perspective." When ASIC sat down with some of the organisations they were "surprised" when their poor claims handling times were broached. ...

ASX releases consultation on shareholder approval requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
The ASX has released a public consultation paper on shareholder approval requirements for dilutive acquisitions and changes in admission status for dual listed entities. The review was announced in April this year after the ASX allowed James Hardie ...

ART names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Helen Rowell has been appointed the new chair of Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to replace outgoing chair Andrew Fraser. Rowell's term as chair will commence on 21 November 2025. Fraser announced his intention to retire as chair of the ART board ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... taken more time, would have realised there was something wrong and could have been able to stop it. From a consumer perspective, Spence says the blame lies across the entire industry, from advisers, to platforms, trustees, auditors and the like. "There's ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... delivered to our members. It meets the needs that the members have strongly been asking for in terms of that international perspective in a global financial services community, and we've seen at least a 25% reduction in their membership fees." Cox ...