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ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Stopping short of calling it vertically integrated, ASIC warns it aims to uncover any conflicts of interests in the managed accounts sector particularly as more AFSLs build in-house products. ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland said the managed accounts ...

Australian Ethical aligns Christian Super members' cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Former members of Christian Super will see several changes to their insurance fees and cover come December 1, Australian Ethical announced. From 1 December 2025 automatic default death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover will move to a new ...

Treasury unveils major super tax changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... 2020. Today's announcement corrects this injustice and ensures that Australia's lowest-paid workers receive the same fair tax treatment on their retirement savings as everyone else." For women in the lowest income brackets, the change could mean ...

Insurers design framework for dealing with mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... claims process can be more transparent and easier to understand," Cupitt said. "Our goal is to ensure an experience that is fair, transparent, and consistent for every Australian, no matter which insurer a customer turns to." It comes as mental health ...

ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... through an intermediary business, licensees remain responsible for complying with their obligations," ASIC said. Last year, Fair Work Australia ruled in favour of a Philippines-based worker to bring an unfair dismissal case against the former employer ...

Payday super laws introduced to parliament

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
The government has introduced the payday superannuation bill in the House of Representatives today. First flagged in 2023-24 Federal Budget, the legislation stipulates that from 1 July 2026, employers must pay their employees' superannuation at ...

Eildon recommends Samuel Terry takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... Return Active Fund, which has $1 billion in assets under management. Eildon's committee argued that the takeover is also "fair and reasonable" given the limited liquidity of its securities. "No other superior proposals have been received," the committee ...

Ex-Qantas Super private markets lead lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Allan Chen, the final member of his team to to secure a new position following the fund's merger with Australian Retirement Trust, has joined Westpac's private bank as an investment director for global investment services. In the role, Chen ...

Super funds must improve reporting, audits: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... adequately tested. ASIC said often RSEs are relying on the redemption prices provided by external managers to calculate the fair value of holdings in managed investment schemes and warned that RSEs should be aware redemption prices are not always reliable. ...

Crypto providers to hold AFSL under proposed laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... the government is delivering long-awaited clarity for industry participants and investors. "Its emphasis on transparency, fair conduct, and robust licensing obligations reflects global best practice and reinforces Australia's commitment to a thriving ...