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AMP actions impacted 'hundreds of thousands' of customers: Shine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
Shine Lawyers filed a class action against AMP this week alleging AMP Superannuation has slugged investors with excessive insurance fees. Shine Lawyers confirmed the class action has been filed in the Federal Court of Victoria on behalf of hundreds ...

ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... supportive claims experience that considers the member's full entitlements and manages expectations early in the process; trustee accountability even when third-party providers are involved, ensuring strong governance and consistent member experiences ...

Global advisory firm acquires Boutique Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Zealand. Boutique Capital offers a bespoke approach to fund incubation, offering end-to-end services including licensing, trustee, legal, compliance, registry, investor support, AML/KYC compliance, FATCA/CRS reporting, tax compliance and fund accounting. ...

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 ...

Elanor Investors courts suitors for possible takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... also continues to refine and enhance its corporate governance, saying it has decided to establish a separate independent trustee and responsible entity board for its managed funds. Doing so would see the replacement of many directors on the board of ...

BUSSQ's boardroom brass cleared, CFMEU spend deemed sound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Queensland-based industry super fund BUSSQ, which has ties to the scandal-plagued Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU) through its board, emerged largely unscathed from an independent report by KPMG. BUSSQ was hit with ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
APRA is warning superannuation funds "not to cut corners" when in it comes to getting their operational risk management in order as the landmark prudential standard CPS 230 comes into effect today. CPS 230 Operational Risk Management effectively forces ...

Super funds, banks say cybersecurity is now their biggest concern

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
APRA's 2025 Stakeholder Survey shows that cyber security risk has emerged as the topmost concern in financial services. The survey, which gathered responses from 262 financial institutions, revealed that the threat of cyber security was listed as a ...

First Super deputy CEO jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... expectations. Boucher earlier held a senior marketing role at State Trustees, the state government-owned company and the public trustee for Victoria.

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Pension trustees and investment strategists see an opportunity to expand US DC savings into private market assets, particularly real estate. According to discussions at the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Spring Conference, experts including ...