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Illegal investment scheme operator to pay $1.25m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... as Facebook, and offered fixed returns of 25% to 50% to be paid between 12 to 26 months. Many investors were referred to third parties to establish self-managed superannuation funds to invest in the schemes. The court found that many of the 217 investors ...

AustralianSuper expands international equities team

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... AustralianSuper has announced three senior investment management appointments to its international equities leadership team. About one third, or $110 billion, of AustralianSuper's total assets is invested in international equities. Presently, about 30% ...

Brighter Super makes fee, death benefit changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... to the $105 they currently pay. A member with more than $550,000, however, will pay $731 instead of $1065. This marks the third time in three years that the fund has decreased admin fees. Since it completed the mergers of Energy Super and Suncorp Super ...

Advisers put faith in global equities, small caps in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... from Canopy Investors, saying a second Donald Trump administration in the US could spike growth in this sector. Over one third (35%) are expecting to increase client allocations to the asset class, second only to fixed income (41%), the study found. ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... ranked 45 th, Aware Super came in at 70 th, and UniSuper ranked 96 th. More broadly, Asia Pacific accounts for about one third of the total assets, coming in as the second-largest region in the study. "Asset owners globally are navigating a series of ...

Top advisers champions in two key areas: Iress

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... signatures, which could greatly contribute to expediting parts of the advice implementation process. The data suggests that a third of advice businesses 'almost always' use digital signing services with clients, but it's still not standard ...

Australians satisfied with super performance: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
New research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) finds most Australians are satisfied with the returns their super fund is delivering, with only 6% deeming their fund's performance poor. Surveying 1500 adults across ...

ASIC flags 'consistently weak' claims processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... for handling such claims that cover the performance of all aspects of the process, including any activities performed by third-party providers, and reflect the reasonable expectations of consumers. All reporting should be presented to the board at least ...

Advice take up falls amid decade-low retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
While demand for financial advice is apparently the highest it's ever been, the number of people actually seeking it has dropped. That's according to new research from Brighter Super and Investment Trends that shows retirement confidence among Australians ...

HNWIs demand alternatives, platforms lack access

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... alternative assets, platforms are failing to facilitate access to these opportunities, according to Praemium. Nearly one third of HNW investors want to diversify into alternatives but their platforms make it difficult to do so, a survey conducted by ...