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ASIC considers 'cooling off period' for super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has said introducing "frictions" into the super switching process could help avoid a repeat of the First Guardian and Shield "catastrophe". "No one wants to preside over a problem like this if there are some potential solutions. ...

Schroders Australia chief executive to retire, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... the business in 2003 as head of fixed income and multi-asset and was instrumental in establishing the Schroder Real Return Fund, the firm said. Since moving into the chief executive role in 2023, Doyle has led the business through a period of internal ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... AIA Australia will pay a combined $140 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by hundreds of thousands of super fund members who paid excessive insurance fees. The class action was launched by Shine Lawyers in January 2020 against Colonial ...

Damian Graham jumps to Challenger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... of international, based in the UK. Graham was expected to take on that position at the end of this year. At the time, the fund said the move was part of a transition to retirement for Graham. This new role will bring together all investment activity ...

Vanguard proposes tax-free way to save extra cash

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Vanguard has proposed the introduction of a new scheme through which young Australians could move excess cash into a tax-incentivised investment account. The proposed MyInvestment scheme would involve an account with an annual contribution limit of ...

Perpetual confirms exclusivity with Bain Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... talks with Bain Capital Private Equity to offload its wealth management business following media reports. The $232 billion fund manager said it signed an exclusivity deed with Bain Capital Private Equity to further progress discussions around the potential ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Private credit fund managers downplay the risks of their products and flout basic disclosures of the state of their investments, ASIC's investigation reveals, fearing they have the potential to harm investors, the sector itself and the broader financial ...

Paradice lists mid cap strategy as ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Paradice Investment Management has launched an active ETF focused on Australian mid cap stocks on Cboe. Established in 2006, the fund's strategy has delivered actualised returns of 9.79%, outperforming its benchmark by 2.55% per year. Currently, the ...

Macquarie sells stake in South Australian asset to ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) has agreed to the sale of its interest in ElectraNet to Australian Retirement Trust (ART). ElectraNet is South Australia's principal transmission network, delivering electricity from power ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... providing a guaranteed income stream-a lifetime annuity. These products already exist, and it is becoming a busy space with fund managers such as Perennial offering a retirement "income model" and life insurers in the market with an alternative in investment ...