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Superannuation, Funds Management & Financial Services

Through actual superannuation fund board experience, we are conscious of the need for our input to add real value.

Superannuation, Funds Management & Financial Services

Our team is among the most experienced in Australia. Our lawyers have experience across the financial services spectrum, including in relation to managed funds, superannuation, insurance, custody, registry and administration. Our deep understanding of the sector means we can deliver advice that is timely, practical and cost-effective, because we can anticipate not only the regulatory and technical issues that may arise, but also be mindful of the political and competitive environment.

Expertise

  • compliance and regulatory issues
  • trust deed and constitution interpretation, reviews and amendments
  • governance issues, including director and trustee duties
  • fund establishments, restructures, mergers, rationalisations and closures, including successor fund transfers and transfers and amalgamations of life insurance business
  • acquisitions and disposals
  • insurance policy review, policy drafting and negotiation, and takeover arrangements
  • insurance claims and disputes, including death benefit allocations, total and permanent disability benefit claims, Superannuation Complaints Tribunal complaints and superannuation-related litigation
  • financial product development
  • financial advice and product distribution
  • investment, including direct investments, derivatives trading, infrastructure and property funds
  • communications and disclosures, including product disclosure statements, prospectuses, and periodic disclosure
  • licensing
  • breach reporting and other liaison with regulators regarding audits and investigations, compliance issues and queries.

Experience

  • successor fund transfers involving Ausfund, Club Super, Concept One, Harwood Superannuation Fund, Hostplus, Intrust Super, Local Super, Maritime Super, Plum, Statewide Superannuation, Tidswell, Total Risk Management (Russell), WA Super
  • custody agreement negotiations and related matters involving BNP Paribas, Citigroup and Citibank, JPMorgan, NAB Asset Servicing, Northern Trust
  • group life insurance policy negotiations involving AXA/AMP, AIA, Canopius, CommBank, Hannover, Lloyds, MetLife, OnePath, TAL
  • administration involving The Australian Superannuation Group (WA),  Statewide Financial Management Services Administration,  SuperPartners, Super Benefits Administration, Vision Super administration platform
  • defined benefit matters involving Statewide, Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Fund and Hostplus, closure and conversions including Kimberly-Clark Australia in respect of the wind-up and conversion of the KCA Super defined benefit division (Re KCA Super Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1301).

APG Regional Regulatory Guide to Asset Management in Asia-Pacific

We collaborated with the ASEAN Plus Group in their inaugural issue of this guide to map the latest state-of-play in the asset management sector across some of the regional group’s jurisdictions, including Australia.

Download the guide

Key Contacts

Andrew Stone

Andrew Stone

Partner

Sydney
William Khong

William Khong

Partner

Melbourne
Andrew Choi

Andrew Choi

Senior Associate

Sydney
Chris Lovell

Chris Lovell

Consultant

Melbourne

Recent Posts

13 June 2025 - Knowledge

Capital markets update: ASIC symposium highlights and fast-track IPO trial

#Superannuation, Funds Management & Financial Services

ASIC’s recent symposium shed light on the evolving dynamics between Australia’s public and private markets and introduced a two-year fast-track IPO trial. We share our summary of the key takeaways from the event.

23 October 2024 - Knowledge

Federal Court fines Vanguard $12.9 million for greenwashing conduct

#Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), #Competition & Consumer Law, #Governance, #Superannuation, Funds Management & Financial Services

The Federal Court has fined Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd $12.9 million for making misleading representations about its Ethically Conscious Fund. This is the highest penalty imposed on a business for greenwashing conduct to date.

20 August 2024 - Knowledge

Federal Court imposes $11.3 million penalty in ASIC’s first greenwashing case

#Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), #Competition & Consumer Law, #Governance, #Superannuation, Funds Management & Financial Services

The Federal Court has fined Mercer $11.3 million in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) first greenwashing case. What can businesses learn from this decision and how can they avoid making misleading claims?

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