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MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... something Woodall said is "not optional anymore". "It's actually mandatory, because if [Australia is] going to be the second largest [super] system in the world, we need to aspire to deliver global best practice to our customers, and that's exactly ...

Strategic partnerships focus for global family businesses: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... doubling in size over the past decade," said Heather Schaan, president and chief operating officer of Microserve. Schaan is second generation family member for the Canadian business established in 1987. Almost all businesses surveyed have a profits distribution ...

Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Federal Capital Partners Fund Manager (FCP). The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, and will be the second private markets acquisition made by Federated Hermes since the beginning of 2025. Based in Maryland, the privately held ...

Complaints still too high: AFCA annual review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) annual review shows that in FY25, and for the second consecutive year, more than 100,000 complaints were lodged. In investments and advice, large scale collapses in the financial advice industry ...

MA Financial sees record gross inflows

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
MA Financial has reported record inflows of $2.2 billion in the nine months to September, up 41% on the prior corresponding period. Assets under management (AUM) jumped 34% to $13.3 billion in Q3. Inflows continue to grow on strong investor interest ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... retirement purpose, and the sometimes irrational and panicked investment choices they might make as they chase and try and second guess the market. There are also bad choices made by other people, which can manifest in financial abuse by friends and ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... at a difficult time." Emotional toll When a death benefit claim is denied or delayed, Sullivan says it can feel like a "second loss" to someone already grieving. "Families may be left confused, angry, or devastated, especially if they were relying on ...

Super risks continue as advice gets all clear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has released its Systemic Issues Insights Report for the second half of FY25. The report highlighted that delays in processing superannuation rollovers and withdrawals remain a recurring systemic ...

Fidante partner hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... and secured exclusive distribution rights across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. This is the investment manager's second partnership in 2025, following the addition of long-short manager System Capital as an affiliate in February, underscoring its ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Despite ASIC and the ASX having displayed a "good regulatory mindset" in revitalising the listed environment, opportunities from the private markets continue to drag initial public offerings' (IPOs) down. In a panel at the Citi Investment Conference ...