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Collectables market reaches $17bn: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... said collectables are for those who are "total experts in those areas." "The people who invest in our self-managed super funds in collectables are normally antique dealers or art dealers, or people who've got a really good understanding of those ...

IFM Investors fills executive post after global hunt

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... she'll continue to lead us towards even greater success," Neal said. IFM Investors, which is owned by local industry super funds, manages $232 billion across infrastructure, debt, listed equities, and private equity. It invests on behalf of 745 institutional ...

Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... consequence of super fund's fees being slashed to the bone. It's been mooted that years of policy-driven fee cuts have left super funds so squeezed that they simply can't afford to spend on upgrading service standards. SCA research, however, shows the ...

Breaches continue as Cbus confirms 'unusual behaviour'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... attempts", impacting around 85 member accounts, which occurred several days after the cyber-attack that impacted other super funds. "At this stage of our inquiries, there is no evidence that any financial losses have occurred for Cbus members," the fund ...

Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... target, and that any perceived vulnerability could trigger a surge in attacks. In light of the breaches, Droguett urged super funds to invest in dark web and credential exposure monitoring, arguing that the industry must move beyond perimeter defences ...

RBA flags 'policy changes' could derail super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... a threat to the country's financial stability. In the RBA's April Financial Stability Review, the bank said while super funds are mostly still benefitting from a steady net inflow of liquidity from members, their significant participation in key financial ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... Pearce and HESTA chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson at a panel to discuss the investment framework among super funds. Looking at its members' behaviour, Doyle said they are now more conscious about investing sustainably. As a matter of ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... understands Aware Super, UniSuper, and Colonial First State have also not been affected. The Association of Australian Super Funds (ASFA) said retirement savers should be assured super funds and their service providers already have rigorous cyber protections ...

Super fund growth: The winners and losers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... segments, in many cases, thanks to strong flows. Vanguard, Mason Stevens, Dash, and AMG were among the fastest growing super funds in terms of asset growth rate, with most of their growth attributed to flows, albeit from smaller asset bases. HUB24 and ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... link there. I've got no desire to re-regulate more than we have at the moment. It's a big subject," he said. Super funds, which have shown growing demand for private assets, are facing pronounced concentration risks given that they already dominate ...