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ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Two advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered. Skye Money and Smart Financial Capital have both paid fines of $31,300 to ASIC for authorising ...

Stop delaying Payday Super laws, says SMC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
With Australia's unpaid super bill growing by $110 million each week, a survey from Super Members Council (SMC) shows 70% of Aussies want to see the payday super laws implemented as scheduled. Payday super laws are slated to come into effect on 1 July ...

Gold ETFs outshine large caps: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Gold ETFs recorded stellar performances in Rainmaker's latest analysis of wholesale managed funds, achieving between 43% p.a. and 50% p.a. which trumped returns of popular large-cap equity funds. VanEck's Gold Miners ETF, which invests in a diversified ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Project Acacia - first announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Treasury back in September 2024 - will now include industry participants to explore how digital currencies and existing settlement infrastructure might support the development ...

ETF market breaks through $280bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
The Australian ETF market ended the financial year on a record high, reaching $280 billion in total assets under management (AUM), steered by top performing ETFs across the defence and gold mining sectors. There were 36 new exchange trade products (ETPs) ...

Microsoft flips AI switch on for MUFG

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
MUFG Pension and Market Services (MPMS) has collaborated with Microsoft to adopt AI-powered solutions across its MUFG Retirement Solutions and MUFG Corporate Markets business divisions. The five-year strategic partnership is built on a co-investment ...

Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Mercer Super Trust's default lifecycle option made more than 12% p.a. for the 2025 financial year for members aged between 18 and 52. The Mercer SmartPath returned between 12.3% p.a. and 12.6% p.a. For the same age range over a five-year horizon ...

Future Group reveals super fund returns, fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Future Group has announced the returns for smartMonday, GuildSuper and Child Care Super while also announcing a fee reduction for smartMonday members. smartMonday super fund has reduced fees across all investment options effective 7 June 2025, delivering ...

Trade war could have positive impact on Aussie GDP: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
New modelling from the Productivity Commission (PC) in its annual Trade and Assistance Review (TAR) shows that proposed US trade policy measures will have a marginal direct impact on the Australian economy, but the risks and uncertainty they bring may ...

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 ...