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Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC is taking Interprac Financial Planning to court over its failure to ensure representatives acted in clients' best interests. It's also been accused of lacking adequate risk management systems. The regulator said it was because of "critical ...

Super performance test, DBFO reforms coming: Government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... home, reforms in the superannuation sector have remained top of mind for the government. "The never-ending work of reform is best done in a considered, consultative, collaborative and methodical way," Chalmers said. "We've kept the reform wheels ...

Mercer Investments shutters four options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... operation no longer viable, Mercer Investments said, and as a result "we have decided to terminate and wind up each fund in the best interests of the investors." All four funds were actively managed and invested predominantly in developed market equities. ...

Half of super investments now offshore: NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... Carver said: "The shift to more than 50% international allocation reflects a commitment to diversification and delivering the best risk-adjusted returns for members." "Funds are responding to market volatility and regulatory change by strengthening their ...

Perennial snaps up 50% of Balmoral, hands over microcap mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... with an increased focus on index inclusion. "As such we believe that this dedicated microcap arrangement will deliver the best results for our clients in this market," Smith said. Perennial recently acquired stakes in boutique Ziller Fund Management ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... in response said that as per their obligations under the sole purpose test, their primary requirement is to invest in the best financial interests of members. ART said it "invests in a wide variety of asset classes and jurisdictions to gain the benefits ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... at risk, an ASIC review reveals. Of 100 financial advice files investigated, 62 failed to demonstrate compliance with the best interests duty. One quarter of these raised significant concerns about client detriment relating to recommendations to set ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... the superannuation provider, arranged group insurance policies with CommInsure that charged fees that were not in members' best interests. It also alleged that similar, cheaper policies were available through other providers. This allegedly occurred ...

Perpetual confirms exclusivity with Bain Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... said the board and management engaged with KKR to explore alternative transactions that the board believed could be in the best interests of shareholders. "Following the termination of the scheme implementation deed, the board decided that in order to ...

QIC backs Queensland startup for faster cattle breeding

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... exactly the type of category-defining, disruptive innovation QIC Ventures is proud to invest in," Wall said. "Nbryo brings the best of agriculture and innovation together to solve one of the cattle industry's biggest bottlenecks - affordable access to ...