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Australian Ethical lifts investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
Australian Ethical has increased investment fees and costs for super and pension options, effective August 1. The $8.9 billion super fund said for those invested in the Conservative, Balanced, Growth and High Growth options, the lift in fees and costs ...

RBA cut all but certain: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.7% in the June 2025 quarter and 2.1% annually, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The CPI rose 0.7% in the June quarter, lower than the 0.9% rise in the March 2025 quarter," ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Custodians are stepping up as regulators target super funds' $3.5 trillion private asset rush. Australia's super funds face mounting scrutiny over their rapid shift into private markets, as concerns grow about transparency, valuations and liquidity ...

Cbus closes corporate super plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
Cbus will close the AME Systems Corporate Super plan and transition members to Cbus Industry Super, effective 1 September 2025. As a result, members will see changes to their insurance cover. "As per the agreement between AME, Cbus Super and the insurer ...

IFS recovers $226m in unpaid super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has collected more than $226 million of unpaid superannuation in the previous financial year, bringing its total recoveries to over $2 billion to date. Despite the effort, the ability to easily recover super is still a fair ...

Superannuation is Australia's 'productivity engine': ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said Australia's superannuation sector provides a fundamental contribution towards the nation's growth, but argues there is more that needs to be done. ASFA has released The Impact and Opportunity ...

Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Institutional investors are aggressively buying into risk as stocks are reaching new highs, likely spurred by falling market volatility as Australia sees surges in local investments, new data from State Streeet finds. The State Street Risk Appetite ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
ASIC warns it will take a deeper dive into the roles that financial advisers, superannuation platforms and research houses are playing in members being pushed into high-risk investment schemes. The corporate regulator is closely looking at the entire ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
APRA is warning superannuation funds "not to cut corners" when in it comes to getting their operational risk management in order as the landmark prudential standard CPS 230 comes into effect today. CPS 230 Operational Risk Management effectively forces ...

Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
Daily financial news can better predict stock market volatility and deliver more accurate signals about risk than backward-looking macroeconomic data, a new study suggests. University of Auckland finance lecturer Justin J. Case and Queensland University ...