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Brighter Super changes up investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
Not-for-profit fund Brighter Super has introduced numerous changes to its fees, decreasing investment fees while increasing insurance costs. Effective October 1, the super fund lowered investment fees and transaction costs across most options. Its MySuper ...

Australia's retirement system receives first A-grade

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
Australia's retirement system has finally received an A-grade rating in the annual Marsh CFA Institute Global Pension Index after stagnating at the B+ level for the last five years. The superannuation system received an upgrade this year thanks ...

Channel Capital wins distribution mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
Channel Capital has been appointed by Coller EQT to distribute, promote and service investor support to the two secondaries strategies currently available in Australia. Under the arrangement, Channel Capital will oversee the responsibilities for the ...

Acenda Life launches investment bond

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
Acenda Life has launched an Investment Growth Bond and enhanced its Fixed Term Annuity, broadening its investment offering. The new investment bond is designed for long-term wealth accumulation and transfer, with potential applications including education ...

Perpetual asset management outflows hit $9.6bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
Perpetual's asset management business recorded $9.6 billion in net outflows during the September quarter, weighing on funds under management as its Corporate Trust Division reached a record $1.4 trillion in funds under administration. Total assets under ...

Gas transition to take 'decades rather than years': UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said as the pace of decarbonisation moderates, natural gas is increasingly recognised as an important component of the global energy mix. "The practical reality is that gas is likely to play a transitional ...

Adviser stripped of AFSL he claimed he didn't hold

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
ASIC has ceased the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of a New South Wales financial adviser after he failed to comply with licensee obligations, including payment to statutory levies. Kyle Clifford Frost's AFSL cancellation took effect ...

Regulating for culture

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
Sometimes, the questions not asked can matter more than the answer. At the parliamentary inquiry into KPMG in August, Macquarie chair Glenn Stevens was asked whether he had ever questioned his audit committee chair about her contact with the firm during ...

Workplace mental ill-health can cost Australia $27bn: Report

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
Workplace mental health issues are directly costing the Australian economy $12 billion per annum in lost gross domestic product (GDP), with the cost set to rise by more than 125% over the next 15 years in excess of $27 billion a year. New research from ...

Platinum awards mandate, changes fund name

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
Platinum Asset Management has awarded a mandate to a US-based investment manager to oversee investment capabilities in a 20-year-old fund, simultaneously altering the name to reflect the update. From October 26, the Platinum International Health Sciences ...