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Mental illness payouts balloon over $2.2bn: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... also driving one in five income protection claims, with payouts totalling $887 million in 2024, CALI said. CALI noted the trend is especially significant among younger people, with TPD claims for mental health increasing by 732% for those in their 30s ...

ETF market breaks through $280bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... Australian fixed income, investors have continued to favour short duration strategies with high credit quality. Another trend has been the significant uptick of net flows into gold for 1H25, which has increased 700% from 1H24." Following the performance ...

AustralianSuper's MySuper option returns 9.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... Australia and overseas were significant drivers of returns this year, as AI and technology investments continued a three-year trend of boosting equity markets," AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said. "We maintained our diversified ...

Aware Super delivers double digit returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Aware Super has delivered a return of 11.9% for its Future Saver High Growth option - its default MySuper option for under 55s - for the 2025 financial year. Retirees invested in Aware's Conservative Balanced option also enjoyed strong performance with ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

Group insurance premiums paid by super funds up 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... cover rose, but only for retail fund members, who paid an extra $69 on average. Interestingly, those over 45 bucked the trend, seeing a $92 average decrease. Not-for-profit funds trimmed premiums by $29 on average.

Global X scales higher on the ETF issuer podium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... the financial industry will likely decline, which is bad news for high-cost fund managers, but a win for investors. This trend underscores Australian investors' fee sensitivity and their increasing preference to use ETFs to build portfolios," Zaika s ...

ESSSuper, UniSuper spearhead member satisfaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
ESSSuper and UniSuper lead the way for the significant increase in superannuation member satisfaction, a new survey from Investment Trends reveals. The 17th edition of the 2025 Super Member Engagement Report saw super funds' improved service strategies ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... million. However, in FY22 there was also just six terminations, and the total paid then was $14.56 million, indicating a trend towards lower termination payments regardless. The largest was paid to Fiona Hick, who served as chief executive of Fortescue ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... project an additional 5.34 million people will become USD millionaires by 2029, an increase of almost 9% over 2024." The trend also leads to a high volume of wealth transfers over the next 20 to 25 years, prompting investors to think about legacy. "Looking ...