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Payday super laws introduced to parliament

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... "one of the best Australian examples of an entire industry cooperating towards a positive change in recent years." "Every fund and service provider faces the same challenge. By working together rather than competitively, the sector has been creating ...

MA Financial makes $525m acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... for $525 million. Keppel REIT will provide a 75% co-investment with the remainder of the asset to be acquired by MA managed fund. The fund will target a distribution yield of 8% and total return of 13% per annum over its forecast five-year term, MA Financial ...

State Super offloads investment team to Frontier Advisors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... State Super will outsource its investment team to Frontier Advisors and as part of the deal, the government superannuation fund will take a 23% stake in the industry super fund-backed asset consultant. The two organisations described the arrangement ...

HESTA hits $100bn in assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... bring down costs and deliver sustainable returns. HESTA's chief executive Debby Blakey said the increased scale helps the fund to access a larger and more diverse range of high-quality investments and provide economies of scale to keep costs down over ...

Retail investors want true hedge fund exposure: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... rates and greater market dispersion and volatility. Morningstar found that many have turned to liquid and semi-liquid hedge fund options that offer lower minimums, simpler structures, transparent fees and daily liquidity. "While these vehicles don't ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... entities they audit." BDO was the auditor of defunct Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of the Shield Master Fund. When the Federal Court appointed new receivers and administrators in September 2024, BDO found that Keystone failed to maintain ...

ETF adoption 'intensifies': VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
New research has revealed ETF adoption among advisers has intensified in the last year, with over 70% reporting greater usage and 65% using two or more smart beta strategies. The 2025 VanEck Smart Beta Survey also found the depth of usage has expanded ...

Aware Super enhances portfolio management capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... Aware Super with real-time data and insights. "The addition of decision-based and currency attribution across the complete fund structure represents a significant uplift in Aware Super's ability to provide timely and data driven insights and in turn ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
The regulator has written to platform trustees in the wake of the First Guardian and Shield Master Fund collapses, alerting them to the need to strengthen their investment governance processes. In its letter, it shared initial findings from the thematic ...

Aware Super, TelstraSuper advance merger plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... super stays well-managed, just as it always has been. What's changing is the added benefit of being part of a bigger fund - with broader investment opportunities, more digital tools and services, and the same level of super helpful local member support ...