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Trustees lack death benefit claims uplift urgency: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... superannuation funds to improve death benefit claims handling practices, a follow-up review found very little to no improvements have been made. ASIC's review of 45 trustees found varying degrees of urgency in response to its scathing review of death ...

Retirement fears persist despite rising preparedness: CFS

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Only half of Australians feel prepared for retirement despite gradual improvements in confidence, with concerns over savings, healthcare costs and financial security continuing to weigh heavily according to new research from Colonial First State (CFS). ...

APRA slaps additional licence conditions on HTFS Nominees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... the delivery of required actions and will hold trustees to account where they fail to make timely and sustainable improvements to investment governance and member outcomes." This is the fifth platform trustee that APRA has taken enforcement action against. ...

APRA sharpens oversight, flags tech and geopolitical risks

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... downside scenarios linked to overseas conflicts, market volatility and technology driven risks, while pushing further improvements in cyber resilience and governance standards.

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... can make huge impacts to returns," highlighting the case of South Korea's and Japan's corporate governance improvements. "When you don't have some of those regulatory backstops, which in many emerging markets you don't have, a lot of ...

Government to fast track low-risk foreign investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... more sensitive sectors. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the second round of foreign investment reforms is about making improvements so the regime is stronger where risks are high and faster where risks are low. "These reforms will increase certainty for ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... monetary policy, he expects the market narrative to shift over the next six to 12 months as AI driven productivity improvements begin feeding through economies more broadly. The changing backdrop, he said is creating selective opportunities across global ...

Industry welcomes government's productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... services sector are vital to maintaining a strong and competitive banking system." ABA also welcomed the projected improvements to the overall budget position through lower deficits and a more sustainable fiscal trajectory. "The government's broader ...

UniSuper halves admin fees for 42,000 members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
... ability to offer this significant fee reduction reflects the ongoing growth of our pension products and efficiency improvements driven from within our in-house administrative team," UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun said. UniSuper said the change will ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... the best global practice managers we can identify, and they work directly with the companies and the assets to make improvements," Kumaru says. "And importantly, not only do they own in aggregate, in most instances they own the company completely. This ...
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