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MaxCap taps offshore insto appetite with USD-hedged note

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... market's relatively low correlation to US and European cycles, gives international investors a meaningful diversification benefit alongside a compelling income profile," he said. Robb added: "As allocations grow, manager selection has become an increasing ...

Life CCC unveils FY27 priorities

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has laid out its priorities for the current financial year, including providing the necessary support required for the upcoming implementation of the revised Life Code (Code). The focus in FY27 is largely ...

Cbus rolls out death benefit nomination changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Cbus will roll out changes to death benefit nominations, which include scrapping nominations that expire in three years. Effective October 16, Cbus will offer new non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations and allow members to make them online. The ...

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 ...

Growth assets drive recovery for super in latest quarter: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
New research from Morningstar found super funds rebounded "strongly" in the second quarter of the calendar year, reversing weakness recorded in 1Q26. According to Morningstar's Superannuation 360 report for Q2 2026, super returns recovered through their ...

Former Berndale director jailed for $700k in misused funds

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
... did not exist or were martially inaccurate. ASIC chair Sarah Court said the former director had abused his position to benefit personally while concealing the firm's true financial position. "D'Amore seriously abused his position as director to enrich ...

BlackRock urgers broader diversification

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
BlackRock is urging financial advisers to move beyond traditional approaches to diversification, arguing heightened geopolitical uncertainty, artificial intelligence (AI) and structural economic shifts require more dynamic portfolio construction. Speaking ...

Prime Super, Aware Super explore potential merger

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
The superannuation funds have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a potential successor fund transfer (SFT) to create an approximately $254 billion fund with more than 1.4 million members. Aware Super and Prime Super are undertaking ...

AustralianSuper ups admin fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
... from $350 to $600 per year. This will affect about 7% of accumulation members. In addition, the administration fee tax benefit will no longer apply to members in accumulation and Transition to Retirement Income accounts. AustralianSuper said the increased ...

Centuria Office REIT posts 379% jump in profit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
... medium-term due to a rising disparity between replacement costs and prevailing asset values, COF anticipates it will continue to benefit from stabilising market conditions. "COF continues to adopt a proactive capital management strategy aligned to selective ...