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Superannuation

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
As superannuation fund assets continue to hit record highs, with AustralianSuper leading the pack at $387.6 billion, the number of inactive accounts is also ballooning, APRA's latest statistics reveal.

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Senator Andrew Bragg said the Coalition is looking to ditch its controversial super for housing policy.

Aware Super launches new features for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Aware Super has launched a slew of new digital features, as well as upgrades to existing features on the Aware Super Adviser Portal.

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Sixteen Australian superannuation funds made the top 300 list, with AustralianSuper cracking the top 20.

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation beat its key performance benchmarks thanks to strength in global equity markets.

Allow couples tax-free super splitting: Hume

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
A bill that would allow couples to split their collective superannuation balances evenly between them to improve the gender super gap was tabled in Parliament yesterday.

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield Master Fund allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Equity Trustees (EQT) vows to defend itself against ASIC's lawsuit alleging it failed superannuation trustee duties over the collapse of the Shield Master Fund, as details emerge of how one of its analysts red flagged the product but was allegedly ignored.

Schroder urges 'open dialogue' with government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder says the government and super funds should come together to better balance risks.

Using super as 'piggybank' would be a 'disaster': Schroder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder has told the National Press Club that the government treating super as a "piggybank" would be a "disaster" for members.

Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Still reeling from the coordinated cyberattack in April, superannuation funds will test their cybersecurity resilience and see what lessons they have learned under a drill provided by the Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB).