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CSLR a 'shared responsibility' for all AFCA members: SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
Responding to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), the SMSF Association (SMSFA) agrees the most efficient and equitable way to fund the special levy is to spread it across all Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
As superannuation fund assets continue to hit record highs, with AustralianSuper leading the pack at $387.6 billion, the number of inactive accounts is also ballooning, APRA's latest statistics reveal. APRA superannuation fund data for June 2025 ...

Samuel Terry bids for Eildon again

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
Two years after making an "opportunistic" takeover bid for Eildon Capital Group, Samuel Terry Asset Management is attempting another acquisition. This time, Samuel Terry is offering 80 cents per share for the ASX-listed company. Samuel Terry, which ...

Ausbil launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
Ausbil Investment Management has launched an active ETF version of its seven-year-old dividend income fund. As first flagged last year, the Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund - Active ETF (DIVI) officially began trading. Debuting on the ASX today, DIVI ...

Former United Global Capital adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Former United Global Capital (UGC) adviser Milutin Petrovic is banned for six years after ASIC found he failed key advice obligations when recommending clients invest their retirement savings into the Global Capital Property Fund Limited (GCPF). Petrovic ...

Life insurers double earnings in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Life insurers' earnings have more than doubled to $360 million in the 2025 financial year, according to the latest APRA figures. While revenue only rose 1% year on year to $5.9 billion, profit after income tax jumped by 210% to $116 million. Investment ...

ATO eyes SMSF illegal early access

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will continue to tighten controls around early access of SMSF money as it grapples to contain those who access it illegally. The ATO said the growing frequency in accessing super early has forced it to make enforcement ...

NGS Super readies for admin transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... disruptions before they impact our members." Keeping members informed is most important, the fund said, with letters, emails and SMS alerts to go out throughout the transition to offer reminders, support options and updates on milestones achieved. It ...

Euroz Hartleys in 'early stage' talks with big investor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
Euroz Hartleys Group confirmed it is in the "early stages" of discussions with the Bank of Montreal (BMO) for the latter to potentially make a strategic stake in the Perth-based financial services company. Addressing an AFR article published on August ...

Adviser banned for UGC, Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Gold Coast-based financial adviser Andrew Rankin has been banned for four years for failing to act in clients' best interests by pushing them to invest in the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and Pivotal Diversified Fund. The banning took effect ...