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Mark Delaney to step down from AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... was chief executive of the latter, while former AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk led the former. At that time, member assets sat at about $20 billion. Today, they total more than $400 billion, held on behalf of over 3.6 million members. "Around ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
PME Pensioenfonds, a Dutch pension fund with $105 billion in assets, has terminated an $8.9 billion equity mandate with BlackRock due to the manager's misalignment with the fund's environmental, social and governance framework. According to a release ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... are grappling with. Citing APRA data, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) reports that half of member money is managed with external managers while the other half is directly invested. At the end of June, nearly $1.5 trillion ...

Sequoia expects earnings hit from Shield, First Guardian

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund debacle. The unit, which is embroiled in the loss of $1 billion superannuation member money thanks to the collapse of First Guardian and Shield, has made $1.86 million in EBITDA, November year-to-date figures ...

Centrepoint Alliance expects core profit to top guidance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Centrepoint Alliance said it expects strong momentum to push its core profit to the top end of its guidance of $11.5 million to $12 million for the full year. The financial services firm forecasts EBITDA for H1 FY26 at $6 million, a 13% jump in earnings ...

TAL enhances TPD offering, support for self-employed customers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
TAL has introduced a new total and permanent disability (TPD) support option to its flagship retail product and implemented additional support for self-employed customers around income protection. The integrations follow TAL's partnership with SANE ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
ASIC has made changes to the regulatory guidance on managing conflicts of interest for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) holders, with the changes informed by its surveillance of private markets. The updated Regulatory Guide 181 AFS Licensing ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The professional indemnity insurance (PII) sector will be forced to play a bigger role in making the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) sustainable, Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino proposes, as the Opposition slams the scheme for "constantly ...

AustralianSuper names chief platforms officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... Backeberg will lead the fund's technology, digital and data services strategy, and has been managing AustralianSuper's member operations and data and technology services. After joining the super fund in 2020 as head of technology, strategy and planning ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... guidance. The toolkit also sets out common fraud and scam risks, such as unauthorised transfers, rollover fraud, and misuse of member credentials, along with indicative controls and reporting expectations. Trustees can also use it to test whether their ...