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Aware Super delivers double digit returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Aware Super has delivered a return of 11.9% for its Future Saver High Growth option - its default MySuper option for under 55s - for the 2025 financial year. Retirees invested in Aware's Conservative Balanced option also enjoyed strong performance with ...

HESTA returns 10.18% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
HESTA's MySuper Balanced Growth option has delivered 10.18% for the 2024/25 financial year, with the fund crediting the performance of listed equities and prudent management of market volatility for the result. The outcome represents the third consecutive ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
ASIC warns it will take a deeper dive into the roles that financial advisers, superannuation platforms and research houses are playing in members being pushed into high-risk investment schemes. The corporate regulator is closely looking at the entire ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
While Australia's chief financial officers are confident the economy has passed its low point, this doesn't necessarily stretch to their own business performance over the next 12 months. Deloitte's biannual CFO Sentiment report gathers responses from ...

CareSuper to undertake cloud transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
The $57 billion super fund is making the move from VMware Cloud on AWS to Microsoft Azure as it looks to create a more modern, cost-efficient environment. CareSuper has mandated Macquarie Cloud Services to migrate and recalibrate its cloud environment ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

Elanor Investors courts suitors for possible takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Elanor Investors is currently considering several offers, including potential takeovers, saying it has so far engaged with more than 15 interested parties as part of its strategic review. In a business update, the real estate fund manager said it is ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Homegrown investments helped bolster returns for Australian Retirement Trust (ART) in the 2025 financial year, with some options achieving nearly 12% p.a. The $313 billion super fund with 2.43 million members delivered 11.2% p.a. for its Balanced option ...

AMP Super delivers double digit returns in FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
AMP delivered strong returns for its MySuper and Future Directions members in the year to June 30. For the period, members of AMP's MySuper 1970s, 1980s and 1990s options have achieved returns of 12.7%, 12.9% and 12.8% respectively. Meanwhile, MySuper ...

RBA powers deemed 'last resort' for critical financial infrastructure fallout

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has released a consultation paper on the proposed draft guidance for the Australian Clearing and Settlement (CS) Facility Resolution Regime. The RBA was provided with "crisis resolution powers" in response to a threat ...