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WAM delivers standout 41% return in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) active investment portfolio delivered significant performance in 2025, returning 41.4% for its investors, outperforming the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 30.8% in the period. The exceptional returns enabled ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
In 2019, then APRA chair Wayne Byres had a blunt message for superannuation funds: "Are you going to get better, or are you going to get out?" The question marked the decisive shift in the regulator's tone, making its agenda explicit: super funds ...

Most read in 2025: Executive appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
Many of the top stories that dominated the year in executive appointments surrounded the superannuation sectors' C-suite. From chief executive departures, chief investment officer switch ups and, in one case, an entire operational due diligence ...

Most read in 2025: Superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
From cyber breaches to mergers and increased regulatory action, there has been a raft of news surrounding the superannuation sector this year. Minimum standard services for super funds welcomed Treasurer Jim Chalmers and former Assistant Treasurer Stephen ...

RM Capital, SMSF Club to pay $925k over conflicted remuneration

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
The Federal Court has ordered licensee RM Capital to pay a $575,000 penalty and its authorised representative SMSF Club to pay $350,000 over conflicted remuneration breaches. The penalties follow ASIC succeeding in its case against RM Capital in 2024 ...

Coastline Advice, Edge Advisory Partners to merge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
Victorian financial advice firms Coastline Advice and Edge Advisory Partners have announced plans to merge and create a multi-disciplinary advice business. The combined entity will operate under the Coastline Advice brand, and will collectively house ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Aware Super has added former Future Fund investment chief Sue Brake (pictured) to its trustee board, effective 1 January 2026. Brake has been an independent member of the Aware Super Investment Committee since April and brings more than 30 years of ...

Morningstar boosts analyst team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Morningstar Australasia has bolstered its manager research team with two new hires. Eun Sub Kim joins as senior manager research analyst for fixed interest, reporting to Thomas Dutka. He was most recently at Mercer as a market strategist and investment ...

Nambawan Super taps former Prime Super boss for top job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Papua New Guinea's Nambawan Super has appointed a new chief executive, naming Australian superannuation veteran Lachlan Baird to lead the country's largest defined contribution government fund. Baird brings more than two decades of superannuation ...

AustralianSuper execs earn top pay grade: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
AustralianSuper's top brass are the highest paid in the superannuation sector, earning nearly $9.2 million, which is double the amount that some of their peers earn. Newly released APRA data covering the 2025 financial year showed that industry ...