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The now abandoned Kingswood Golf Course.

A misunderstood email and a four-day delay: 900-house development goes ahead due to council error

Kingston City Council intended to challenge an unpopular local housing development. But they accidentally handed in the paperwork four days late.

  • Gemma Grant

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Mark Delaney’s exit will open up a succession tussle for arguably the most significant role in the superannuation sector.

‘Job of a lifetime’: Australia’s biggest super fund hunts for new investment chief

Mark Delaney’s exit from AustralianSuper will open up a succession tussle for arguably the most significant role in the superannuation sector.

  • Amy Bainbridge and Richard Henderson
The UK government is ramping up its search for investment to help build new homes.

How $660b of your super will accelerate London airport upgrades, build British homes

The UK is hungry for cash for much-needed housing, transport and energy projects – and it thinks Australia is the answer.

  • David Crowe
Best-performing super funds have been revealed.

‘Astonishing result’: How super funds are faring amid Trump tariff volatility

As the end of the financial year looms, analysts expect the third year in a row of positive returns from retirement savings funds.

  • Frances Howe
The hack attack on some of Australia’s largest super funds has exposed serious cybersecurity weaknesses.

$4.2t superannuation sector in crosshairs after cyberattacks

The financial regulator has stepped up scrutiny of the superannuation industry after a co-ordinated attack on some of the country’s largest funds exposed serious cybersecurity weaknesses. 

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
ASIC chair Joe Longo at an Autralian Institute of Company Directors’ conference this month after announcing the regulator was suing AustralianSuper.

Grieving Australians are suffering because of super fund failure: ASIC

The corporate watchdog has blasted top superannuation executives for failing to prioritise grieving families when paying out their members’ death benefits.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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The pandemic-induced dive in CEO bonuses has been short-lived.

Australia’s biggest super fund hit with $27 million fine

The Federal Court ruled that AustralianSuper breached the law when it did not merge members’ duplicate accounts. 

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

ASIC probes Australia’s largest super fund over death benefit payouts

The corporate regulator is investigating AustralianSuper for taking too long to pay out death benefits to beneficiaries of its deceased members.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole has put super funds on notice over their expenses bill.

How super funds are spending your money

Australian super funds’ expenses swelled to almost $13 billion last financial year, including a $500 million splurge on an advertising and sponsorship blitz.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Stephen Jones says superannuation funds continue to fall short of “where we need to go”.

Labor sets clock ticking on super funds after death payout scandal

Grieving family members would get faster access to the superannuation of deceased loved ones under mandatory standards the Albanese government plans to introduce if re-elected.

  • Millie Muroi