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Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Quarterly Superannuation Performance report for the December 2025 quarter, showing total superannuation assets have hit $4.5 trillion. Total superannuation assets increased by 0.8% over ...

Australian Ethical unveils strong half-year results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Australian Ethical saw underlying profit after tax (UPAT) increase by 25% to $14.4 million in the six months to December end, while net profit after tax (NPAT) attributable to shareholders was $13.3 million, up 42%. Revenue of $65.8 million was up 13% ...

Strategic simplification lifts ClearView's profits

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... million, a 13% increase from the prior corresponding period. Additionally, new business written in the six months to December 31 was up 29% to $21 million, maintaining its 10% to 11% market share. ClearView said it now operates on a single cloud-based ...

Perpetual sees 349% profit jump

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... surrounding sale of the business as well as increase in expenses. Funds under advice (FUA) rose by 6% to $21.9 billion as at December 2025. "Wealth management faced headwinds during the half. Market-related revenue increased, driven by more buoyant equity ...

AFCA receives record complaints in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... Complaints Authority (AFCA) received a record number of complaints in 2025, with 111,373 complaints filed in the 12 months to December 31 - up 14% from 2024. Since its establishment, AFCA has received more than 634,000 complaints. The increase in complaints ...

L1 Group realises $24m of $35m merger cost synergies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... financial year. It reported a rise in total funds under management (FUM) to $17.6 billion across its strategies as at December 2025, a rise of 7.9% in the six months, driven by net outflows offset by positive investment returns of $3.2 billion. Underlying ...

GDG reports record FUM growth, eyes stronger second half

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
Generation Development Group (GDG) saw strong returns across all its business lines in the six months to 31 December 2025, with net profit after tax growing 63% to $20.1 million in the period. The group is now targeting even better performance in the ...

Inflation rises 3.8%, rate rise 'firmly in play'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.8% annual CPI inflation to January was unchanged from December," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt said. "Trimmed mean inflation was 3.4% in the 12 months to January 2026 ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
In the six months from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, the corporate watchdog received 9686 reports of misconduct (ROMs), raising 13,036 issues, new data from ASIC shows. ASIC said the increase in ROMs was driven largely by corporate governance concerns ...

Regal profits rise 65%, Pacific Current reports $11.7m loss

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... delivered a full-year normalised net profit after tax (NPAT) of $160.5 million, up 65% from the year prior. In the year to 31 December 2025, Regal saw funds under management (FUM) increase 16% to $20.9 billion, supported by strong performance and positive ...