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GQG assets hit record high despite underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... reposition for the "extraordinary market volatility" after US tariffs were rolled out. GQG also scaled back holdings in communication services, materials and industrials across all four flagship strategies, but not to the extent that it undercut tech ...

Microsoft flips AI switch on for MUFG

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
MUFG Pension and Market Services (MPMS) has collaborated with Microsoft to adopt AI-powered solutions across its MUFG Retirement Solutions and MUFG Corporate Markets business divisions. The five-year strategic partnership is built on a co-investment ...

ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... claims for early release of superannuation benefits due to ill health. The new standard includes timely and clear communication with members at each stage of a claim, including early engagement and regular updates, and stipulating timeframes for engaging ...

Evidentia assembles inaugural executive leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
Managed account provider Evidentia Group has lifted the lid on its inaugural executive leadership lineup, spanning investments, client solutions and operations functions. This move marks the organisation's formal debut in its redefined form, which Evidentia ...

ESSSuper, UniSuper spearhead member satisfaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... from -19% to -4% over the past 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 ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... Alana Devitt told Financial Standard that members' trust in small industry funds is built through transparency and communication, which bigger funds "don't do very well." Devitt noted that ASIC's crackdown on larger funds like Cbus, which was sued for ...

Top companies, chief executives ranked by fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... financial officers in the region, voters rated these individuals on their credibility, leadership, and quality of communication. The survey found the best chief executives to be: Mike Henry of BHP (Basic Materials), Damien Nicks of AGL (Utilities & Alternative ...

HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... also integrated a new contact centre, digital services and mail house to help ensure ongoing support, advice, and communication with members. Following the transition, it's completed processing of employer super contributions, and most income stream ...

ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... not letting or setting the industry up to fail here. As we started to look at this area, we were very open with communication, but also with the funds. We have said, 'this is what we're looking at'," Constant said. Constant pointed to the raft of ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... purchase plan, for example, or they think they're a shareholder in a company they're invested in but have received no communication from those companies directly... it can lead to howls from many of those shareholders who think companies are dudding ...