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DC funds "leaving member money on the table": Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... to improve literacy and engagement. "You can't impose financial literacy on people, so they struggle to know quite how to deal with choices," Urwin said. While some funds include advice platforms, for most DC organisations globally this option is too ...

Two financial services directors fined $15k over reporting failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Directors of Sheffield Insurance Pty Ltd (trading by the name of Sheffield Insurance Services), Phillip Bird and Daniel Holmes, have been convicted of two offences and fined $15,000 over failure to lodge financial statements and auditors' reports with ...

MA Financial secures Queensland shopping district for nearly $700m

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... Financial has acquired Hyperdome Town Centre in Loganholme, Brisbane for $678.7 million via one of its managed funds. The deal, which is expected to settle in December, brings MA Financial's total retail real estate transactions to $1.2 billion since ...

Advisers may be caught by new AML/CTF reforms: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Although financial advice is not part of the group that will fall under the upcoming anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) reform, an expert told the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress advisers may be caught ...

AusSuper exec finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
An AustralianSuper investment professional has departed the nation's largest super fund to establish a fintech aimed at protecting seniors and their finances. David Choi resigned after four years in the role of director of options within the portfolio ...

RAM hires real estate lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
Real Asset Management has snapped up a senior funds management lead to spearhead its growth plans for its diversified real estate business. George Websdale joins from Dexus, where he led the healthcare partnerships team and developed the investment ...

FAAA launches digital client identification tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) will launch a digital client identification tool to assist advisers identify and verify their clients for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) purposes. FAAA SafeID, an end-to-end ...

Japanese insurer acquires stake in Barings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... subsidiary Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., will acquire 18% of Barings from MassMutual. MassMutual will continue to own 82%. The deal is valued at US$1.44 billion. "We are pleased to have the opportunity to invest in Barings. Forming a new strategic partnership ...

Milford appoints country head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Milford Asset Management has appointed an acting country head for Australia after news Kristine Goodwin is taking on a new role at AMP. Milford confirmed Goodwin is departing in December after resigning. She will be taking on the newly established role ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey told the recent ASFA Conference 2025 that the super fund has been considering global resilience as a key thematic when making responsible investment decisions. "We see this as a systemic risk, the same as climate change ...