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Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
The two retail superannuation funds delivered strong returns for members, but it was the low-cost, indexed-based strategy that outmuscled the other. Vanguard Super returned 13.5% p.a. for 2025 financial year for members aged 47 and under. Since its ...

ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... out the interoperability and efficiency where both insurer and trustee decisions are required for members to receive a benefit payment. The service standard takes effect immediately and ASFA encouraged all trustees to adopt the standard as soon as possible ...

Ninety One strengthens multi-asset bench with senior hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... enhancing the core macro research process that underpins our various multi-asset strategies. "We believe this will be of great benefit to our existing clients in Australia and globally." Knee said the move was both professional and personal. "After three ...

Aware Super delivers double digit returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Growth the default option for younger members as part of our MySuper Lifecycle approach. Our younger members have had the benefit of being in the high-growth phase for longer, enhancing their retirement outcomes," Graham said. "The Conservative Balanced ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... preserve any assets that remain in the schemes so that they can be realised to the extent that they are available for the benefit of the consumer while we continue our investigative work," Court said. It is estimated that more than $480 million may have ...

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 ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... ASIC handing down a scathing review on the state of superannuation trustees failing to monitor or report on their death benefit claims handling processes from start to finish. All the while, many super funds boast that their ultra-low administration ...

AMP North launches model portfolio solution with BlackRock, Lonsec

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... accounts, by providing them with the capability to tailor portfolios without a full build - and create a way they can benefit from model portfolios, while still using their current approach to portfolio construction as part of their advice proposition." ...

ClearView welcomes underwriting head

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... medical underwriting requirements. Clients applying for cover under certain thresholds, up to $2 million for some, will benefit from reduced or no mandatory medical requirements. There's also a new structured tiering system for Life, TPD, Trauma ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
More than 200 retirement products managing $490 billion in members' retirement savings have come under the watchful eye of prudential regulator APRA for the first time. APRA's latest statistics for the March 2025 period breaks down the state ...