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ART snags TCorp's alternatives head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... Corporation (TCorp). Matt Dellit has left his position as head of alternatives at TCorp to join the $330 billion superannuation giant. Dellit will take on the role of portfolio manager for the fund's Socially Conscious Balanced Option. Dellit spent ...

ASIC acts against MWL, its director and lead generator

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... alleges that MWL operated a business model that provided inappropriate financial advice to clients to invest their superannuation into the Shield Master Fund (Shield). It's alleged that between May 2022 and February 2024, nine MWL representatives advised ...

Brighter Super expands senior team

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... Brighter Super has introduced three new senior leadership positions. It has appointed Hayley Powell as head of superannuation and retirement advice, Craig Godfrey as head of IFA partnership and growth, and Brendan Nerdal as head of stakeholder and corporate ...

APRA to continue crackdown on super fund expenditure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
APRA executive director - superannuation, life and private health insurance Carmen Beverley-Smith has warned superannuation trustees that the regulator will use the full extent of its powers if funds are spending member money in irresponsible ways. ...

'We won't bet against the US', but 'China is not a foe': Elia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
Hostplus has no plans to switch up its investment strategies as tensions between the US and China continue to rise, chief executive David Elia told the ASFA Conference 2025. "I don't think it's about having to choose between either country. ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... representatives acted in their clients' best interests, contributing to hundreds of millions of dollars of superannuation being invested in products that were unsuitable, high risk and costly. "We allege that no competent financial adviser could ...

Super performance test, DBFO reforms coming: Government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... Speaking at the ASFA Conference 2025, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said long-awaited superannuation reforms are on the way. Chalmers said despite pressing issues globally and at home, reforms in the superannuation sector ...

Super good for financial stability, for now: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... assistant governor (financial system) Brad Jones has told the ASFA Conference 2025 that the size of Australia's superannuation system is a "national asset" but warned that funds need to take proper measures to protect it. "Historically, the super fund ...

Mercer Investments shutters four options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... closed off 243 funds that invest across a myriad of asset classes "to new investments and all automated plans for superannuation and pension." About one quarter of these are ETFs managed by Betashares, Global X and VanEck. The lion's share are actively ...

HUB24, TAL to launch retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... offer. They amounted to assets under management of $512 billion and $16 billion respectively. ASIC recently told superannuation funds to do more to uphold their Retirement Income Covenant obligations. One in five trustees cannot track the success of ...