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ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told Financial Standard the regulator has super funds in its sights for more than just claims handling delays. "The main focus is on member services more generally, this is a multi-year phased project" Constant ...

Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... can be integrated rigorously and credibly across a spectrum of asset classes. The latest Benchmark Report shows the Australian responsible investment market grew to $1.6 trillion in 2023, marking a 22% increase from the prior year. Such growth reflects ...

SS&C extends super fund partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... Technologies for administration services, as the software solutions provider aims to expand its involvement across the Australian super sector. FES Super will continue to leverage SS&C Bluedoor, a cloud-hosted registry platform, to provide "real-time ...

Centuria divests three industrial assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... managed the transactions for Salisbury and Heathwood. Centuria manages over $6.2 billion of industrial assets across Australian and New Zealand.

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... net of fees, costs, and taxes, targeting monthly distributions. The fund offers a "balanced and flexible" exposure to Australian real estate private credit through La Trobe's 12 Month Term Account and US-mid market corporate private credit via its US ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... less capacity to innovate, invest in equipment and technology, and devote to training and capability building. The Australian construction sector comprises 98.5% of companies that have fewer than 20 employees, while 91% are microbusinesses with fewer ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... collaboration with Ironbark Asset Management, marking the Baltimore-headquartered fund manager's first foray in the Australian wholesale market last September. The Ironbark Brown Advisory Global Share Fund, an actively managed portfolio of high-conviction ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... exposures. "While commodity price movements influence a range of assets, including the equity of commodity companies and the Australian dollar, we view these as inadequate substitutes for a direct allocation to commodity futures," the paper stated. "Unlike ...

'Going corporate' key to family business success: KPMG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... Australia, family businesses represent about 70% of all businesses, with a value of around $4.3 trillion. Over half of the Australian workforce is employed by a family business, KPMG said. KPMG Enterprise Family Business global head Robyn Langsford said ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
A class action that was filed against AMP for charging excessive superannuation fees is finally being heard in court, with the trial kicking off today. In 2019, following the Royal Commission, several law firms sought to commence class actions against ...