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Perpetual IM switches member admin provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Perpetual Investment Management has awarded MUFG Pension & Market Services (MPMS) a mandate to oversee its investor and member administration services. MUFG Corporate Markets will provide services across unlisted registry, listed registry, corporate ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... CREATE-Research chief executive Amin Rajan said the "profit dynamic is worsening with the rise of passive funds." "Defined benefit pension plans are now derisking with ageing demographics. The investor base is shifting towards a new generation of digitally ...

DASH undertakes fresh capital raise

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
DASH Technology Group is completing a new capital raising, with its valuation surging 59%. The cloud-based financial advice and investment management platform has signed a binding legal documentation with a new, undisclosed investor as part of an ongoing ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... employees for the purpose of providing redundancy and incidental benefits for those employees. They primarily operate for the benefit of employees in the construction and other allied services industries.

Super spending calls BFID compliance into question

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... found cases in which decisions to continue with contracted expenditure did not demonstrate a clear rationale or member benefit, insufficient levels of due diligence being conducted, and some RSEs lacking standardised processes for entering into agreements. ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... terminal medical condition, the insurance policy definition of terminal illness to receive payment of any death insurance benefit held under the plan is changing from a life expectancy certification period of 12 months or less, to 24 months or less. ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Productivity, a concept treasurer Jim Chalmers recently described as too often seen as "cold" and "almost soulless," despite it being, as he also noted, the best way to improve people's lives over time, was stagnant in the March quarter and declined ...

Select stocks in charge of their own destiny: Aoris

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
In an uncertain environment, Aoris Investment Management is attempting to steer clear of volatility by avoiding businesses that exhibit significant ties to what it calls the 'no-go zone'. Aoris aims to have up to 15 investments in its portfolio at any ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... "Importantly, they align with our investment strategy. The national priorities are consistent with our purpose to invest for the benefit of future generations of Australians," he said.

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... crackdown on larger funds like Cbus, which was sued for allegedly failing to act honestly and fairly in handling death benefit and total and permanent disability insurance claims, and AustralianSuper, for similar issues, clearly illustrate this. "The ...