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Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... ultimately super funds consider investing as long term, volatility and uncertainty can tamper with members' sentiments over short-term events. "But we've got a massive cohort that are in retirement phase at the moment... They don't really ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has accepted a Court Enforceable Undertaking (CEU) from ANZ to address ongoing weaknesses in the bank's non-financial risk management practices and risk culture. APRA also increased the capital add-on ...

Brandes appoints new sales director for APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... clients." Brandes applies a value investing approach to security selection, seeking to capitalise on market irrationality and short-term security mispricing by buying stocks and bonds that it believes are undervalued based on its estimates of their true ...

Pearler Super launches, new FHSSS product imminent

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
Trading platform Pearler is taking on the superannuation sector in launching Pearler Super and will shortly release HomeSoon to help young Australians maximise the First Home Super Saver Scheme (FHSSS). Pearler Super is strictly targeting young members. ...

Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
There is still millions of Australians paying for default insurance cover through their superannuation that they don't know about or understand, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). SCA found that 19% of people are unsure whether they have ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... many retail shareholders have been attending your meetings since everything was done by post, so a lot has changed in a short period of time," O'Rourke said. "We saw concerns raised through the Statutory Review process that certain stakeholders distrusted ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... that alleged he broke a business deal with a woman he was in a sexual relationship with. WiseTech said White would take a short period of leave before transitioning into a full-time, long-term consulting role focused on product and business development. ...

Sliver of Aussie global equity managers beat index: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... managers, on the other hand, fared relatively better with a 56% underperformance rate. Over 15-years, 85% of active funds fell short. For Australian equity mid- and small-cap funds, 63% outperformed the benchmark with an asset-weighted average return ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will present the 2025 Federal Budget tonight, with years' worth of deficits expected to be revealed as well as ongoing cost-of-living relief. The ongoing cost-of-living relief is expected to take front and centre, especially as ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... fund as they do on all those other institutions," he said. "And knowing all of that, funds have got to come a long way in a short period of time to improve the way they deal with their members because if there is an issue now, it's only going to ...