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Payday Super to tackle gender super gap: Aware Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... enormously to us," Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart said. Aware Super had 1.26 million member accounts at the end of March. APRA statistics show that 63% of its members are females. A recent survey from Rest found two-thirds of Australian businesses ...

Kudu continues Australian expansion with fresh investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... New York-based Kudu has made investments in 34 asset and wealth managers in the US, Canada, UK, Europe and Australia as at March 31.

Inflation cools, RBA facing 'uncomfortable trade-off'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... Bank is already dealing with a difficult mix of softening growth and elevated inflation. The economy slowed sharply in the March quarter, households are cautious, and the labour market is cooling," Smith said. "That may normally suggest the central bank ...

KPMG details action plan to address whistleblower probe

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... behaviour by senior people, and the human impact of its handling of the whistleblower. Speaking at the Senate Chamber on March 24, O'Neill detailed some of the allegations against KPMG by whistleblower including misappropriation of confidential Lendlease ...

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter. Newly released APRA statistics show MySuper's assets under management (AUM) reached $1.16 trillion, while Choice products ...

FEATURE | Member engagement | On the ball

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... we see real value." Total improvement ASIC's scathing review of the death benefit claims-handling process released in March 2025 found not one trustee tracked the life of a claim from start to finish. Among the major trustees, ASIC uncovered excessive ...

HSBC Bank fined $35m in landmark scam-protection failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... 2024. Of the $23 million lost ASIC was investigating, almost $16 million was lost in the six months from October 2023 to March 2024. Many of the scammers accessed victims' accounts by impersonating HSBC Australia staff. The bank took 144 days on ...

Block Earner found to have offered an unlicensed financial product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... services licence (AFSL), overturning the Full Federal Court's previous decision in 2025. The product was available between March and November 2022 with the aim to provide investors with fixed yield returns from digital assets. The High Court found ...

ASIC puts private credit on notice ahead of EOFY

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... valuations, and lift practices in line with its published principles. ASIC recently also conducted a survey into the sector from March 26 to May 14, collecting responses from 22 managers covering 52 funds and around $76 billion in assets under management. ...

Ironbark and EQT partner to launch private markets fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... distribution partnership for Ironbark Investment Solutions since rebranding as part of the broader Ironbark Financial Group in March 2026, and its partnership to offer global quantitative equity capabilities in October 2025.