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Equip Super searches for new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... Retirement Plan in June 2020. He also sold off Catholic Super's banking business, MyLife MyFinance, to Challenger in December 2020. At that time, Equip Super said it was aiming for $50 billion in funds under management by 2025. It currently has about ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... inflation in recent decades, it is a risk which should still be planned for. Australian CPI inflation hit 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022, the highest in three decades, and gave investors a small taste of its debilitating effect. "Things like commodities ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... transferred to Spectrum and $10 million to Scope+ in the quarter, with the final transfers expected to complete in the December quarter. Meantime, total FUA in the September quarter was $67.0 billion, with platform FUA up 10% to $32 billion, a 4% increase ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... industry participants and other stakeholders." Submissions are invited from all interested organisations and individuals by December 15, with feedback to contribute to an interim report which will be released for further consultation in early 2026.

Former Statewide Super executives acquitted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... fund, which initiated an investigation and passed its findings on to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. In December 2022 both Netting and Eastwood were charged with dishonesty offences. Both pleaded not guilty in February 2024. ASIC alleged ...

APRA lifts final Westpac capital add-on

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... associated with correspondent banking relationships. Westpac entered a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) with APRA in December 2020 where it committed to remediating specific prudential weaknesses identified in its culture, governance and accountability ...

Australian Ethical aligns Christian Super members' cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Former members of Christian Super will see several changes to their insurance fees and cover come December 1, Australian Ethical announced. From 1 December 2025 automatic default death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover will move to a new ...

New 100% tariffs on China: Another TACO moment?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... why China's President Xi Jinping said the implementation of new export controls on rare earths will take effect on December 1. "Because we've been in such an enormous, obvious bull market, until Friday at least, markets had forgotten the fact ...

PGIM appoints two real estate business stalwarts

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... business. Both based in Sydney, Sam Mellor has joined as head of real estate debt, Australia, while Stuart Carr will join in December as head of real estate equity, Australia. The appointments follow the launch of PGIM's first dedicated Australian real ...

Clime gains ground on culture, business model reset

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... vision is to turn Clime "into an interesting, fast, growing and amazing business." Initially hired as a consultant in December 2023, Baragwanath was named acting managing director after Annick Donat stepped down from her role as chief executive in July ...