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Morningstar widens private credit coverage, kicks off with Metrics

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... findings. Globally, the research house has provided coverage to funds by Schroder, Hamilton Lane and Partners Group. "The benefit of Morningstar is we've got analyst based all around the world, that's one of the things that differentiates Morningstar ...

ASIC accuses ALAMMC Group directors of contempt

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... failing to disclose other interests impedes the efforts of ASIC, receivers and liquidators to preserve assets for the benefit of investors," Court said.

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... going, and agriculture is an important part of that." Australia's crop production and livestock notably are poised to benefit substantially from that. The nation is a net exporter of food, shipping off about 71% of its agricultural production, according ...

Principal rejoins Mercer team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... senior actuarial consultant. In her new role, Christine Lu will focus on life insurance consulting as well as on defined benefit and defined contribution superannuation. Lu has 14 years of experience in insurance and reinsurance, having worked at TAL ...

Australian Ethical Super handed extra licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... expenditure decisions. "Superannuation fund members should be able to expect that trustee expenditure decisions are made for the benefit of members. APRA will not hesitate to utilise the full force of its powers to hold trustees accountable to meet this ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The government has opened consultation to combat financial abuse in families perpetrated through coerced directorships. The consultation paper by the Treasury noted that financial abusers can exploit loopholes in tax and corporate systems, weaponising ...

ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... employees for the purpose of providing redundancy and incidental benefits for those employees. They primarily operate for the benefit of employees in the construction and other allied services industries. The regulator said that in 2003 fund operators ...

Superannuation assets jump to $4.5tn: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... billion and employer contributions rose by 8.8% to $153.2 billion. Member contributions jumped by 23.6% to $62.4 billion. Benefit payments rose by 12.7% to $136.2 billion while lump sum payments were up by 13.8% to $75.3 billion. Pension payments increased ...

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

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... challenge," due to systemic deficiencies. "The ideal system does have some longevity protection in it, so you mix a drawdown benefit with a deferred annuity or an annuity so that people don't run out of money," he added. Whether this is "basic use of ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... Following the review, the funds determined that "continuing the Direct Access offering would deliver limited additional benefit to members as a whole in Aware Super, while requiring significant investment to build and integrate the necessary systems." ...