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Consistent climate disclosures matter: ASFA, ACSI

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2026
... data and index providers, ratings agencies and stewardship services, where it is combined with other information. "Super funds invest for Australians whose retirement may be decades away," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. "Consistent, comparable ...

ASIC issues 'wake-up call' to trustees on member complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2026
... superannuation system," she said. "Complaints are the voices of the funds' customers trying to talk to their trustees. Super funds must listen to what complaints are telling them." ASIC also found several trustees subject to its in-depth review too readily ...

Australia, UK partner to procure well-regulated financial markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2026
... Australia (RBA). The conversation revolved around the structure of private markets, and the "growing significance" of super funds investing into the sector. Both sides agreed to continue sharing information on market developments, supervisory experience ...

Super funds lend voice to tokenisation

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
AustralianSuper, Aware Super and Australian Retirement Trust are among the superannuation funds joining a new advisory group established by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance CRC (DFCRC) to help shape the development of tokenisation ...

Public and private markets set for convergence: JPMAM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
... Laskowitz said the implications are significant for institutional portfolio construction, particularly as Australian super funds continue to increase their exposure to unlisted assets. Laskowitz suggested an allocation of between 20% and 30% to alternative ...

NCAs unlikely to solve retirement advice gap: HUB24, CFS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2026
... those with complex advice needs. Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino announced the reforms in August, which will allow super funds and life insurers to use the NCAs to give members simpler, more affordable help with their retirement, without the cost of ...

The risks keeping APRA's new deputy chair up at night

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2026
... Retirement Summit, Bradbury said APRA is open to adjustments in current regulations that disincentivise investments by super funds in improving the safety of member savings. "We should be prepared to consider whether any aspects of the current regulatory ...

Trustees drop the ball on advice fee oversight

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
In line with the government's push to tighten the gap in oversight on financial advice fee deductions from super funds, a solution provider is observing a spike in trustees reaching out for expertise, but highlighted the move is not to assess the ...

Netwealth reports record $36bn FUM in Q1

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... 21), increasing total accounts to 186,098 and financial intermediaries to 4226. Super inflows, excluding self-managed super funds, increased 16.8% on the previously corresponding period to $2.7 billion, supported by the commencement of Payday Super. ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... failures. "What the government's trying to do is clarify what level of risk is acceptable with somebody's super funds, because there's an implicit assumption by many people that because this is mandated, because the super system is controlled ...
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