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Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... assets and other borrower fees. Conversely, the manager took a substantial interest margin of 7.5%. The PDS of 10 retail funds lacked details of their investment strategies or the nature of the underlying funds they invested in. ASIC also observed weak ...

Paradice lists mid cap strategy as ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... 2.55% per year. Currently, the fund manages $2.8 billion in institutional money, as well as $103 million in unlisted retail funds. Paradice Investment Management fund co-portfolio manager Jordan Woods described Australia mid caps as an underrated investment ...

Super fees continue to fall: Rainmaker

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... not-for-profit retirement fees reduced by 4%. Gallagher said: "The key reason why not-for-profit funds are cheaper than retail funds is lower overall administration costs." "Not-for-profit funds have an average 0.11% admin fee advantage (unchanged from ...

End of an era: Longtime Platinum exec exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... very beginning. Starting her career at Bankers Trust, Norman worked on new product development before joining the retail funds management team, where she Platinum's former head of investment, Her role involved far more than her title suggests. During ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... total superannuation assets rose nearly 10% to $4.3 trillion. Industry super funds jumped 15% to $1.6 trillion while retail funds grew 12% to $848.5 billion. Public sector funds made a 6% gain to end up with $584.8 billion. SMSF assets, coming from a ...

Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... LifeStage Tracker 1974-1978 returned 12.1% p.a. and Aware Super's Personal High Growth option turned in 10.3% p.a. Retail funds GuildSuper Personal MySuper Growing and ANZ SCSP - ANZ Smart Choice 1980s achieved 10.2% p.a. and 10.1% p.a. respectively. ...

Life insurers double earnings in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... superannuation assets rose 9.8% over the year to June to $4.3 trillion. Industry super funds jumped 15% to $1.6 trillion while retail funds grew 12% to $848.5 billion. Public sector funds made a 6% gain to end up with $584.8 billion. SMSF assets, coming ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... shows profit-to-member super funds with equal representation boards have consistently and significantly out-performed retail funds with nonequal representation boards. They also retain more members, indicating stronger member trust and satisfaction," ...

ESSSuper, UniSuper spearhead member satisfaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... First State, AustralianSuper, MLC, and Australian Ethical. Overall, member satisfaction rose from 66% to 68%, with retail funds closing the gap, though industry fund members remained more satisfied on average, the analysis found. "These results confirm ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... statistics have lifted the lid on the ongoing battle for Australia's retirement assets; industry funds charged forward, retail funds made gains without breaking into a sprint, while corporate funds retreated further. Industry funds expanded their war ...