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AUSTRALIA Australia will begin publishing “heat maps” of the performance of pension funds next year and will pressure those with poor records to exit the industry, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (Apra) has said. Australian pension funds manage A$1.7 trillion ($1.20 trillion) in savings but lack “maturity” in governance and risk management practices, Apra deputy chair Helen Rowell said in a speech published on the regulator’s website. The sector is under pressur…