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APRA warns of super fund sustainability challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... or resourcing challenges in improving operational efficiency," APRA said. The regulator said there is a small group of trustees facing all these challenges at once. "These funds face an especially challenging outlook. They have weaker operational efficiency ...

Avantis Investors launches active ETFs in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... "Our team in Sydney is excited to broaden the scope of our offering to professional investors across Australia." Equity Trustees has been appointed as the responsible entity of the funds. "We are proud to expand our long-standing partnership with American ...

Super funds must improve reporting, audits: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... often not separately disclosed because RSEs are taking "a narrow, quantitative approach to materiality". "Superannuation trustees should carefully consider whether sponsorship and advertising expenses may be qualitatively material to members, even when ...

Rest pays $40k over misleading statements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... "ASIC seeks to enhance public confidence in the superannuation industry by encouraging Rest and other superannuation trustees to maintain adequate systems to prevent administrative errors that erode superannuation balances and to act quickly when they ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... cybersecurity controls is high on the list, as is sorting out death benefit claims that administrators and ultimately trustees don't have a grip on. "It's no good offering digital advice if it's taking six months to pay a death benefit. You ...

AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... looking into failure at every step of the value chain, including lead generators, financial advisers, superannuation trustees, auditors, managed investment schemes and research houses. This, despite the government opting to drop its planned inquiry into ...

Macquarie to pay Shield victims in full

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... desire for a swift solution. ASIC said it also considered the fact a quick, court-based outcome may encourage other super trustees to comply with their obligation in the context of choice platforms. "This is an important outcome that stems the significant ...

SMC calls for simplified retirement system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... said it broadly supports the intent of the consultation paper's principles, recognising the importance of giving trustees a robust framework to design member-centred solutions. However, SMC called for a "rethink" of the rules and principles, saying ...

Former Income Asset Management staffer embezzles $1.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... for client assets to Perpetual Corporate Trust (PCT), migrating the bulk of its clients' assets across. IAM owns Trustees Australia Limited (TAL), a trustee business that provides responsible entity, custody and trustee services internally. It has ...

Vale Rupert Smoker

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
Evolution Trustees chief executive Rupert Smoker has passed away at the age of 47. Smoker co-founded Evolution Trustees almost a decade ago and served as chief executive. He was well known in the financial services industry, particularly through his ...