<description>&lt;p&gt;This week on &lt;a href="https://www.afr.com/podcast/thefin" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/podcast/thefin" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;&lt;em data-stringify-type="italic"&gt;The Fin&lt;/em&gt; podcast&lt;/a&gt;, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and reporter Hannah Wootton on why ASIC is suing Cbus, what it means for industry funds and whether the ‘super wars’ are back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This podcast is sponsored by &lt;a href="https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/enterprise/" data-stringify-link="https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/enterprise/" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;Aussie Broadband&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Further reading:&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong data-stringify-type="bold"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/for-cbus-a-party-year-turns-into-annus-horribilis-20241128-p5kufw" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/for-cbus-a-party-year-turns-into-annus-horribilis-20241128-p5kufw" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;How Cbus’ big party year went horribly wrong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;It’s not the biggest or the worst performing of the super funds. So why has Cbus become the poster child for the $4 trillion sector’s problems?&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong data-stringify-type="bold"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/big-super-s-reckoning-has-arrived-20241120-p5ks6m" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/big-super-s-reckoning-has-arrived-20241120-p5ks6m" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;Big Super’s reckoning has arrived&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;After 32 years of guaranteed inflows from workers and scant scrutiny, the $3.9 trillion industry faces customer fury over service, unclear investment practices and questionable governance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong data-stringify-type="bold"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/cbus-board-s-lack-of-rigour-must-reverberate-through-super-sector-20241203-p5kvh3" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/cbus-board-s-lack-of-rigour-must-reverberate-through-super-sector-20241203-p5kvh3" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;Super sector’s problems are much bigger than Cbus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;The damning review of governance at CBUS shows while industry funds have led the way in gathering and growing assets, they now need to play governance catch-up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Fin

Australian Financial Review

Big super reckoning: Are Australians losing faith in the system?

DEC 4, 202426 MIN
The Fin

Big super reckoning: Are Australians losing faith in the system?

DEC 4, 202426 MIN

Description

This week on The Fin podcast, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and reporter Hannah Wootton on why ASIC is suing Cbus, what it means for industry funds and whether the ‘super wars’ are back.

This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband.

Further reading:
How Cbus’ big party year went horribly wrong
It’s not the biggest or the worst performing of the super funds. So why has Cbus become the poster child for the $4 trillion sector’s problems?
Big Super’s reckoning has arrived
After 32 years of guaranteed inflows from workers and scant scrutiny, the $3.9 trillion industry faces customer fury over service, unclear investment practices and questionable governance.
Super sector’s problems are much bigger than Cbus
The damning review of governance at CBUS shows while industry funds have led the way in gathering and growing assets, they now need to play governance catch-up.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.