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UNCOVERED: Australiansuper - The Untold Story

'Don't panic': cash isn't king when it comes to super

The US war on Iran is spooking Australians who've watched their super pools drop tens of thousands of dollars since the conflict began on February 28.

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Australia’s biggest stock exchange needs tougher competition, or we all risk paying the price

Almost every Australian has a stake in how well the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) works. Most working adults have superannuation savings invested in companies listed on the ASX, which together are valued at more than A$3 trillion.

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Is your ‘sustainable’ super funding fossil fuels or weapons? How to check the fine print

Many Australians don’t realise their superannuation savings – worth A$4.5 trillion and growing – may be invested in fossil fuel companies, gambling, or even weapons manufacturers.

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Australian shares finish flat ahead of US jobs report

The local market finished unchanged as traders waited for the first complete jobs report from the United States since the government shutdown.

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Major pension funds and insurers launch new partnership to help drive growth

The Sterling 20 will be established at the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham on Tuesday.

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Hope for buyers despite record low home affordability

Cheaper mortgages flowing from interest rate cuts will help more first-home buyers get into the market despite challenging conditions, a report says.

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Australia could pay up to $2.5bn to Nauru over 30 years to take noncitizens, home affairs department says – as it happened

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AustralianSuper divests more than $26m of shares in poker machine giant Aristocrat from socially aware option

Exclusive: The ‘highly significant’ decision comes after criticism of superannuation funds increasing their investment in the gambling industry

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AustralianSuper criticised for buying up shares in Whitehaven Coal while claiming to be committed to net zero

Super fund, on the brink of becoming Whitehaven’s biggest shareholder, says company’s acquisition of metallurgical coal assets made it a more attractive investment

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Woodside commits $18bn to US project that climate advocates warn ‘would export harmful gas until the 2070s’

CEO says Louisiana project would turn company into a ‘global LNG powerhouse’ as pressure on investors over emissions grows

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Woodside to tap US gas in Louisiana LNG project

An oil and gas development in the southern United States will position Australian giant Woodside as a global powerhouse, the company says.

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These market veterans still think America is the best place to put your money — 'Tech Trumps Tariffs even if Mickey Mouse or a clown were to run the US!'

The idea of "American exceptionalism" in the global economy and financial markets has rapidly lost favor this year, but others are sticking with the US.

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More victims revealed in super hack netting $750,000

More superannuation members have had a quarter of a million dollars stolen from their accounts following a mass cyber attack.

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'Inevitable' super hack a wake-up call on cybersecurity

They manage trillions of dollars for millions of Australians but experts have warned superannuation funds need to take cyber security even more seriously.

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Australia's largest pension funds hit by hackers, thousands of dollars stolen

Australian government says it is working on a response to major attack.

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Hackers have hit major super funds. A cyber expert explains how to stop it happening again

Several of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds have suffered a suspected coordinated cyberattack, with scammers stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of members’ retirement savings.

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$500,000 stolen in Australian super fund data breach

Super industry’s peak body says majority of hacking attempts stopped but money lost by a small number of customers

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Super funds hit in co-ordinated lump sum cyber hack

Trillions in superannuation funds have been targeted by hackers, but many funds attacked are reporting no losses as experts call for better security.

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$500K Believed To Have Been Stolen From Aussie Superfunds In Data Hack Scandal So Far

The fallout from the weekend’s superfund hack continues.

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Super failings laid bare after 'deep grief, suffering'

The peak body for super funds has apologised after a financial watchdog report revealed delays were rife in paying out death benefits to bereaved families.

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Super fund offloads $580m stake in embattled tech firm

Australia's biggest superannuation fund has sold its interest in local company WiseTech over governance concerns, following a chaotic board shake up.

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Multiple warnings and huge fines are not stopping super funds, insurers and banks overcharging customers

Last week the Federal Court fined Australia’s biggest superannuation company, AustralianSuper, A$27 million for overcharging customers.

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Australia's biggest super fund hit with massive fine

A federal court judge has fined AustralianSuper $27 million after it admitted to contravening the superannuation act over member's duplicate accounts.

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State-backed loans to go to firms importing critical minerals into UK

Rachel Reeves to encourage import of raw materials from Commonwealth countries to counter China’s grip on market

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Australia’s largest super fund joins protest vote against Woodside’s climate plans

AustralianSuper says it has ‘ongoing concerns’ about how the country’s biggest oil and gas company will reach net zero emissions by 2050

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