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Mental illness payouts balloon over $2.2bn: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... total and permanent disability (TPD) claims, making up almost one in three claims paid. The $2.2 billion paid last year in retail mental health claims nearly doubles the amount recorded five years ago. Further, mental ill health is also driving one in ...

Most traded stocks in the first half of the year revealed

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Retail and advised investors both invested heavily into mining and energy industries in the first half of the year, according to new research from AUSIEX. Despite strong growth in the Commonwealth Bank share price, it isn't the most sought-after stock ...

ASIC bans advisers for dodgy Shield Master Fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... generators and referred to personal financial advice providers who advised investors to roll their superannuation assets into a retail choice superannuation fund and then to invest part or all of their superannuation into Shield," ASIC said.

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
Prime Value Asset Management is opening its Prime Value Microcap Fund to retail investors. Prime Value said the fund is a newly launched retail offering, built on the same investment strategy and managed by the same team behind the former SIV Emerging ...

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
The two retail superannuation funds delivered strong returns for members, but it was the low-cost, indexed-based strategy that outmuscled the other. Vanguard Super returned 13.5% p.a. for 2025 financial year for members aged 47 and under. Since its ...

ASIC funding levy to charge advisers $46.2m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... show. ASIC's Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) report shows that advisers who provide personal advice to retail clients on relevant financial products, which comprises most of the sector, will pay $39.3 million. This is based on 2680 ...

AMP hit with multiple court filings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... the case against AMP and Collimate Capital. AMP said the filing has arisen out of a dispute between Dexus and Macquarie Retail regarding the disposal of the Macquarie Shopping Centre, following the sale of the former AMP Capital business, and relates ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... estimated that more than $480 million may have been invested in the Shield Master Fund from about 6000 investors. About 600 retail investors invested $160 million into Australian Fiduciaries. Meanwhile, ISG received $145 million from retail and wholesale ...

Major airport lands TelstraSuper as new investor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... to cost about US$4.8 billion. It involves expanding and modernising existing terminals, streamlining roadways, and new retail and dining experiences. As one of the world's busiest airports, TelstraSuper said the investment in JFK will deliver long-term ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... $531,839 respectively. The Military Superannuation & Benefits Fund No 1 has a median balance of $526,404. In fourth place, retail fund the Rexel Australia Superannuation Plan has $499,999 while the Perpetual Super Wrap has $435,689. Overall, AustralianSuper ...