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Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, ART, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... delivering outstanding returns for members," Stewart said. "He has significant global experience, deep expertise across public and private markets, a strong focus on governance and risk management, and a proven ability to lead large, high-performing ...

One in three Aussies face 10-year retirement savings gap: Fidelity

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... early, embracing digital platforms and AI-powered tools, addressing wellbeing and care needs and building trust in the public system as critical factors for being sufficiently prepared for retirement. It also noted supporting holistic wellbeing through ...

James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... corporate vehicles, a financial services business that "adopts a financially reckless approach that exposes the investing public to significant risk of loss". Mawhinney is appealing the decision on 13 grounds, namely relating to alleged errors by the ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... look to appoint a chief executive who will be able to hold the role for a maximum of eight years. Kenya has had a severe public debt problem for some time, with its main creditors being the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This was accrued ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... products, or marketing superannuation or managed investment scheme products. Justice Moshinsky said he was satisfied that the public interest requires the injunctions to be made, and that there is an appreciable risk that, unless restrained, Merhi will ...

Government taps IFM, Plenary for Southeast Asia boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... government will invest $175 million in IFM Investors' Asia-Pacific Debt Fund and $76.3 million in a new Southeast Asia Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investment fund established by Plenary. Both investments are administered by Export Finance Australia ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... not been investigated". The CADB said it had no confidence that any lesser sanction would be appropriate to protect the public. O'Shea did not offer an explanation as to the extensive failures. He had been a registered auditor since 2008 and said it ...

US pension funds move against James Hardie chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... also sparked the ASX to launch a review into shareholder approval requirements in April. This month the ASX released the public consultation paper on shareholder approval requirements for dilutive acquisitions and changes in admission status for dual ...

Netwealth invokes Part 23 of SIS Act in First Guardian response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... in the fund facing difficulties in paying benefits to members. Approval of the financial assistance must also be in the public interest. Some 1088 Netwealth members are impacted by the collapse of the First Guardian Master Fund (FGMF), with about $101 ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has provided an update on its consultation to modernise the prudential framework on governance for superannuation trustees, banks and insurers. In March, APRA proposed eight measures to update its ...