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Super Fierce goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... market. It then provided a digital Statement of Advice and assistance in switching, if needed. As first reported by The Australian, an ASIC notice shows that a liquidator was appointed on June 16. Mohammad Mirzan Bin Mansoor was named as the liquidator. ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Australian investors are looking to engage with active managers to navigate the heightened geopolitical volatility, according to a new survey. The Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey 2025, which covers nearly 1000 institutional investors and wealth ...

Australia's largest real estate fundie pulls ahead of the pack

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... with $96 billion. The survey, which covered over 100 managers with a total AUM of US$3.8 trillion, also found that Australian asset managers' real estate holdings stood at $330 billion in 2024. This was an 18.1% increase from the $279 billion recorded ...

Life insurer chief executives step down, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... and value to its policyholders. I look forward to supporting him as he embarks on this important journey to lead our Australian and New Zealand operations." Resolution Life founder, chair and chief executive Clive Cowdery said the appointment came at ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
Grattan Institute housing and economic security program director Brendan Coates has slammed the government's superannuation tax concessions, reinforcing his view that the super system is no longer being used to fund retirements. "The concessions available ...

Dodgy dentist defrauds members after draining super for medical procedures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... guilty to 69 counts of theft. After relocating to Australia, Hurst was permitted to continue practising dentistry. Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data for the 2024 financial year shows it approved the release of more than $1 billion of superannuation ...

ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning about share sale fraud after a spike in reports of stolen shares due to identify theft. ASIC said it has conducted an industry review and provided updated guidance for ...

Nominations open for 2025 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... Standard will also nominate outstanding advisers based on feature and profile stories we have published in FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning. To nominate a worthy financial adviser, please submit a nomination form here. Nominations ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has championed the flexibility of a principles-based approach to corporate governance as essential for effective oversight, risk management, and accountability, warning against a 'tick-the-box' approach in its submission ...

Global X scales higher on the ETF issuer podium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... 2027. The firm has also onboarded over 18,000 new investors since the start of this year. Global X forecast that the Australian ETF market to hit $300 billion by year-end and approach $1 trillion by 2030, as more investors adopt ETFs to build low-cost ...