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Super Fierce goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... primarily compared superannuation products with the aim of ensuring women retire with more. Super Fierce collated super information, running the numbers through its proprietary calculator and comparing against every open fund in market. It then provided ...

Group insurance premiums paid by super funds up 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... APRA-regulated superannuation funds rose by 7% in 2023-24, taking total premiums up to $9.5 billion, according to Rainmaker Information. Meanwhile, group insurance claims paid rose 16% in 2023-24 to a record $5.8 billion, surpassing the previous high ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... pathway, but their AFS licensees are yet to advise us of that. "It is crucial for ASIC to be provided with accurate information in the lead up to the January 1 deadline, and it's concerning that we have identified a number of errors and inconsistencies ...

ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... activity can have a "devastating financial and emotional impact" on the lives of those who fall victim. The updated Information Sheet 237 Protecting against share sale fraud includes examples of share sale fraud methods by bad actors and better practices ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... governance, sustainability, and resilience. Established in 2020, the annual study examines all the publicly available information from the world's largest sovereign wealth and public pension funds to compile its scorecard. It assesses criteria including ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... making a claim lies solely with the worker, and there is no obligation for the employer here in Australia to provide information about how workers can claim their superannuation." Whait and Connie Vitale from Western Sydney University proposed policy ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... determinations and gross amount payable for both the current year and on a cumulative basis across all years. This information should then be updated on a monthly or quarterly basis. In other matters, the organisations said they support the proposed ...

ASX offloads interest in Digital Asset

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... $255 million in derecognising all the capitalised software of Digital Asset. "We began this project with the latest information available at that time, determined to deliver the Australian market a post-trade solution that balanced innovation and state ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... with the EU Omnibus Proposal. "Asset owners seem concerned primarily from a tactical standpoint, i.e., less data and information requirements put on companies and markets may translate into less tangible data to help make decisions and chart a global ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... warnings alongside law enforcement. Recent Moneysmart research found that 41% of young Australians seek financial information or advice from online sources such as social media, including finfluencers. Since it began cracking down on finfluencers in ...