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ASIC sues Fiducian for ESG failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
ASIC has launched proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW against Fiducian Investment Management, alleging it breached its duties as a responsible entity and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct about its environmental, social and governance ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... insurance giant, Dias will be accountable for the insurer's externally managed multi-manager investment portfolio covering public and private asset classes. She spent over a decade at Commonwealth Bank Group Super, including seven years as chief ...

CareSuper, MIESF finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... like MIESF. Established in 1981 as the Meat Industry Provident Fund, despite being a steady performer, MIESF was not a public offer fund and struggled to reach scale. At the time the merger was announced, it had seen a net gain of fewer than 5000 members ...

Macquarie Wrap removes dozens of funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
Macquarie is removing funds from dozens of managers from its superannuation investment menu on the Wrap platform. For some, Macquarie said the decision comes down to a lack of investor interest in the offerings. For others, it said it was the decision ...

Super complaints decline year-on-year: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has completed its latest update of the AFCA Datacube, which makes data on complaints publicly accessible to consumers and financial firms. The latest update provides data on complaints made within ...

Hostplus slams Lendlease over $2bn fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... meetings, both of which were unable to go ahead as other investors failed to attend. In response, Hostplus made a surprisingly public statement. "Hostplus is disappointed that having convened an APPF Industrial investor meeting in September, for the ...

Rest pays $40k over misleading statements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... they had active cover when they did not or should not have. It was also fined $18,780 for this. "ASIC seeks to enhance public confidence in the superannuation industry by encouraging Rest and other superannuation trustees to maintain adequate systems ...

ASIC to release IDR and reportable situations data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
ASIC has outlined its approach to publishing two public-facing dashboards containing Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) and Reportable Situations (RS) data. ASIC said the approach was determined following consideration of 47 submissions received in response ...

Macquarie to pay Shield victims in full

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... be seeking a penalty against Macquarie given the "exceptional circumstances" of the situation. These include the immense public interest in the scheme's collapse and the desire for a swift solution. ASIC said it also considered the fact a quick ...

Shield collapse brings wholesale governance to the forefront

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... that we'll get to a good place there," said Tim Sims, managing director and founder of Pacific Equity Partners. While public markets remain highly volatile and command much of retail investors' focus, Sims called this a "historical accident" that ...