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First Super deputy CEO jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... roles at Cbus and ESSSuper where she focused on marketing, member experience, digital transformation and operational performance. At both industry funds, she oversaw major change programs by leading large teams, managing complex projects, and aligning ...

Super Fierce goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... retire with more," Super Fierce said. In 2022, it launched the Fierce Performers Index, which analysed super fund performance and investment options. According to the index, the best option for a 30-year-old woman on an income of $105,000, with a balance ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... compression has been accelerating. A similar number of managers claim costs have been rising faster than revenues. Market performance has been the key driver of top-line growth for half of asset managers. Almost half said alpha generation is difficult ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... who believe public equities will deliver strong returns think global equity allocations will deliver the strongest performance, Schroders said. This shift underscores a growing conviction in reducing concentration risk and diversifying away from US mega ...

Super spending calls BFID compliance into question

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... reliance on reporting by third parties that didn't account for RSEs' own success measures, including some cases where performance wasn't measured against the original stated metrics in an agreement. It also found poor use and adoption of quantitative ...

Australia's largest real estate fundie pulls ahead of the pack

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... managers' AUM in 2024, reflecting renewed investor confidence," ANREV chief executive Charles Haase said. "With asset performance in the Australian market showing signs of recovery, and given Australia's reputation as a mature, transparent, and ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... SMC also supported APRA's proposal for significant financial institutions (SFIs) to conduct independent third-party performance assessments every three years, covering boards, committees, and individual directors. "While there may be increased compliance ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... industry funds lies in reassuring members who are curious about other options by addressing any doubts around their performance. The research also found that small super funds, across both industry and retail segments, had higher engagement, with their ...

L1 Capital, Platinum merger inches closer to reality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... shareholders will own 26%. This split was on the basis that the combined entity would be able to participate in the performance fees related to the first 5% of absolute returns generated by the L1 Long Short funds with anything over that going to L1's ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... the difficulty to consistently outperform. Competition remains intense, and firms will need to improve investment performance, realign incentive structures, pursue strategic partnerships, or increase investment in distribution to defend market share," ...