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Brighter Super default members earn 11% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
Brighter Super's MySuper option achieved 10.9% p.a. for the 2025 financial year, exceeding performance for the medium and long term. The latest result outpaced the three-, five- and 10-year time horizons of 10.3% p.a., 8.2% p.a. and 7.2% p.a. respectively. ...

SIAA chief executive steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... key advocacy outcomes. There is more to be done, and my decision was not taken lightly. Ultimately my view is there is a point where organisations need renewed chief executive leadership, and this should occur when performance is strong. "I want to acknowledge ...

L1 Capital, Platinum seal merger deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... Capital co-chief investment officer Mark Landau said: "I think the way people should think about it is that, from an L1 point of view, we only launch funds that are best in class... to the extent we think there's more people required, we're open ...

AustralianSuper's MySuper option returns 9.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
AustralianSuper's MySuper option delivered 9.5% p.a. for members in the 2025 financial year, slightly trailing behind its peers. The MySuper Balanced option, in which the majority of its nearly 3.7 million members are invested, has about 25% invested ...

RBA interest rate cut expected

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is widely anticipated to slash interest rates by 0.25% when the board meets tomorrow. MFS Investment Management fixed income research analyst Carl Ang said he believes the RBA will deliver a "dovish insurance cut". ...

ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
ASFA has released a new ASFA Service Standard - Claims Handling in Superannuation: Insurance and Health Related Claims, which it said is a significant step forward in improving member outcomes. ASFA said the new standard was made to guide superannuation ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
ASIC warns it will take a deeper dive into the roles that financial advisers, superannuation platforms and research houses are playing in members being pushed into high-risk investment schemes. The corporate regulator is closely looking at the entire ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
While Australia's chief financial officers are confident the economy has passed its low point, this doesn't necessarily stretch to their own business performance over the next 12 months. Deloitte's biannual CFO Sentiment report gathers responses from ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... and awe" from the initial announcements as the US moves into the negotiation and resolution stage. "From a diversification point of view, if there is a recessionary shock, and a recession comes alongside tariffs, then the fixed income allocation is what ...

AMP North launches model portfolio solution with BlackRock, Lonsec

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... 'forgotten' by platforms," Hutchison said. "We're really excited to support advice practices large and small with a tailored entry point into managed accounts, by providing them with the capability to tailor portfolios without a full build - and create ...