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ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... observed "weak trustee practices" relating to scams and fraud. "Over the coming decade, an increasing number of superannuation fund members will reach preservation age. While all members are vulnerable to scams and fraud, members who have reached preservation ...

Bumpy roads ahead for traditional active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Traditional active managers should expect a rougher path ahead as they face growing challenges from industry superannuation funds, as well as the continued strong flows into exchange-traded funds (ETF), a new report found. According to Morningstar's ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones announced new mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Chalmers said the reforms will improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has identified what it believes to be the most significant current, ongoing and emerging issues within its regulatory remit for 2025. "Increased market volatility, geopolitical changes, the ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
QIC has welcomed two new starters to its state investments team: a portfolio manager in Brisbane and a senior portfolio manager in Sydney. Daniel Rigney has been appointed as portfolio manager, arriving from Rest Super, where he managed quantitative ...

Tyndall bolsters small cap team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
​Small cap specialist Josh Phillips has quit Aware Super to join Tyndall Asset Management's equity investment teams as a co-portfolio manager. Phillips will work alongside James Nguyen to help drive the performance of Tyndall AM's small companies' ...

Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new chief executive. Formerly known as the Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust or AMIST Super, the fund has $3 billion ...

Hostplus names deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Hostplus has promoted Susan Orr to deputy investment chief following the recent departure of Con Michalakis who has taken on the top investment job at Funds SA. The $115 billion industry fund for hospitality workers confirmed that Orr will now serve ...

Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Reforms in funds management, financial advice, and superannuation will usher in an extra $1.7 billion per year to the economy and can make Australia a serious financial services hub, the Financial Services Council (FSC) says. New modelling shows that ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators. ASIC suing Cbus for poor member claims experience ...