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Group insurance premiums paid by super funds up 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
Group insurance premiums paid through APRA-regulated superannuation funds rose by 7% in 2023-24, taking total premiums up to $9.5 billion, according to Rainmaker Information. Meanwhile, group insurance claims paid rose 16% in 2023-24 to a record $5.8 ...

Super spending calls BFID compliance into question

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
There is still much room for improvement when it comes to super funds' expenditure management practices, with APRA finding some RSEs caring more about competing with peers than members' best financial interests, others not having revisited historic ...

Shaw and Partners splashes $63m for New Zealand expansion

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... Shaw and Partners' presence across the New Zealand market, supporting its broader trans-Tasman growth, the firm said. ISG's funds under management are fully annuitised, providing a "strong base" of recurring revenue and a solid platform for future growth ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... is fundamental to advancing the interests of the millions of Australians with savings managed by profit-to-member super funds. "New research shows profit-to-member super funds with equal representation boards have consistently and significantly out-performed ...

Global X scales higher on the ETF issuer podium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... underlines a clear investor preference for cost-effective strategies. "Importantly, as more capital shifts from active managed funds to ETFs, total fees paid across the financial industry will likely decline, which is bad news for high-cost fund managers ...

ESSSuper, UniSuper spearhead member satisfaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... year, particularly as member satisfaction edges in line with strengthened outbound communication and human-led support. Most funds showed consistent gains over the period, spearheaded by ESSSuper and UniSuper with a respective +20% uplift linked to stronger ...

Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Airlie Funds Management will shutter its Concentrated Share Fund next week following a review. Magellan Asset Management as responsible entity said: "Given the Fund's small size, which impacts the expense ratio charged to unitholders in the fund ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... leadership and strategic direction for the impact fixed income investment team. The new lead will continue managing the two funds but will also oversee the impact fixed income separate account business. Joining T. Rowe Price 16 years ago, Lawton's ...

ART overhaul sees senior portfolio managers exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... recently as head of liquid alternatives, where he managed selection and portfolio construction across multi-asset class funds, hedge funds, and alternative risk premia strategies. Ozer joined TCorp in 2011 from First Sentier, where he worked as an investment ...

T. Rowe Price welcomes head of impact fixed income

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... leadership and strategic direction for the impact fixed income investment team. The new lead will continue managing the two funds but will also oversee the impact fixed income separate account business. Joining T.Rowe Price 16 years ago, Lawton's ...