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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

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MUFG chief executive Vivek Bhatia.

Company blamed for Cbus insurance delays hits back

Cbus has partially blamed administration platform MUFG for delays in paying out life insurance claims. The group’s CEO hit back on Friday.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Cbus, chaired by Wayne Swan (left), was unable to demonstrate its controversial relationship with the CFMEU (pictured right, former Victorian CFMEU secretary John Setka) was in members’ best financial interest.

Senate committee orders Wayne Swan to explain ‘discrepancies’

Cbus’ chair will be asked to clarify “gaping holes” in his testimony last week following the release of an independent inquiry examining corporate governance failures at the fund.  

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Wayne Swan appeared before a Senate committee on Friday morning.

Wayne Swan defends controversial CFMEU appointments to Cbus board

The super giant’s chairman was hauled before a Senate committee, where he was grilled over the governance failings engulfing the embattled fund.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Wayne Swan gives evidence to the Senate economics references committee on Friday.

Wayne Swan is ‘happy to be here’ at the Senate grilling he tried to avoid

He looked about as thrilled as Johnny Depp and Amber Herd in the 2016 “hostage video” delivered after they smuggled their dogs Pistol and Boo into Australia.

  • Matthew Knott
Cbus chairman Wayne Swan has blasted critics of industry super funds.

Former treasurer Wayne Swan hauled to inquiry over super scandal

Anti-superannuation Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg will question Swan in a hearing over allegations Cbus mishandled $20 million of payouts.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Wayne Swan, Paddy Crulin, Nicola Roxon and Angrisano are among the many superannuation fund directors with labour connections.

The tangled web that links big unions and Labor to the $3.9 trillion super sector

Some of the largest and most powerful players in the Australian economy have connections to unions and the Labor Party in their DNA.

  • James Massola
Kristian Fok

Super giant apologises for ‘unacceptable’ insurance delays

Appearing before a Senate inquiry on Thursday morning, Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok was grilled on a litany of scandals engulfing the embattled fund.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Inside Brad Rowswell’s Airbnb property.

All Liberals may want to axe the short stay tax, but this one has a property on Airbnb

The shadow treasurer is a vocal opponent of the holiday rental tax and he knows what he is talking about.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
An extra 50,000 first time buyers could get a home if bank regulations were eased in their favour, according to Barrenjoey.

Relaxing lending rules to help home buyers splits opinion

Rules governing mortgages are coming under fire by some groups who believe they are harming first time buyers. One idea says a change could help 50,000 people.

  • Shane Wright and Sumeyya Ilanbey

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