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Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has found many insurers are still using blanket mental health exclusions despite being required to assess customers' individual circumstances. Releasing its report on life insurers' compliance ...

Aware Super makes fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
Aware Super has unveiled a slew of investment and administration fee changes for members. Members in the retirement option recently saw their administration fees drop from 0.23% to 0.17% with the annual cap also reduced from $1500 to $1300. There was ...

AMP settles class action for $120m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
AMP has settled a class action brought against N.M. Superannuation, AMP Superannuation and AMP Services, agreeing to pay $120 million. The class action was brought on behalf of superannuation clients and their beneficiaries for the period of July 2008 ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
As the old saying goes, 'you've got to spend money to make money.' And, as equity markets continue their strong run and global uncertainty calms, geared strategies have been making a comeback. But for those thinking a geared strategy is a good way to ...

NGS Super moves to make admin fees more equitable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
About 80% of NGS Super members will benefit from fee savings when it transfers its administration function to Grow Inc. next month. As reported by Financial Standard, after a lengthy delay NGS Super is getting ready to transfer administrators. The move ...

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg has confirmed the Coalition's controversial super for housing policy is under review. "I'm open minded as to whether there's a way it can be re-cut, but as it stands, it's unlikely to continue as our ...

Family offices stand firm on sustainable investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Family offices say they remain committed to sustainable investments despite ongoing political and financial uncertainty, according to a survey by the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI). Nearly all the 144 Asia Pacific family offices surveyed feature ...

Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund beat the returns of other institutional investors by achieving 12.2% p.a. in the last financial year and in the same breath boosted assets to a new high of $252.3 billion. Global equities from developed markets, which ...

Aware Super launches new features for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Aware Super has launched a slew of new digital features, as well as upgrades to existing features on the Aware Super Adviser Portal. The super fund said the new features should help simplify and enhance advisers' efficiency, allowing them to receive ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Assets run by female fund managers have tripled over the past decade across the world, as Asian countries are emerging on top for female fund manager representation, according to Citywire's latest research. As the Alpha Female Report reaches its ...