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Most Hostplus options achieve double-digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
Hostplus returned close to 11% to its MySuper members in FY25, while its popular Indexed Balanced option delivered just over 12%. The Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option returned 10.81% to members, while the Indexed Balance option turned in 12.02%. Hostplus ...

ART inks mandate with Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Zurich Australia is set to take on a major mandate from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to provide insurance for its Super Savings members. ART confirmed it has entered final contract negotiations with Zurich to take over the group insurance mandate ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... performance". "More broadly, the structural challenges facing traditional active managers like Platinum and L1 remain - namely, fee pressure and market share loss to passive vehicles such as ETFs," he said. "We retain our fair value estimate of $0.50 ...

Brighter Super default members earn 11% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... experienced through the year. Brighter Super members have also benefitted from their third successive year of administration fee reductions," Brighter Super chief investment officer Mark Rider said. In the accumulation options, Growth delivered 11.7% ...

GQG assets hit record high despite underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
GQG Partners' assets jumped $4 billion to reach a record high of US$172.4 billion for the 2025 financial year despite experiencing "short-term relative underperformance". "We have continued to position our portfolios defensively, and as a result ...

Licensee compliance head banned over fees for no service

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
The former head of compliance at a now defunct advice licensee has been banned for three years over the way he dealt with an adviser's fees for no service misconduct. Former Crown Wealth Group director and head of compliance Andrew Moore has been banned ...

Blue Owl launches fund to sophisticated investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Alternatives fund manager Blue Owl Capital has launched a private credit fund to local investors in partnership with Koda Capital. The Blue Owl Credit Income Fund AUT is a feeder fund targeting financial advisers and their wholesale clients. This is ...

Future Group reveals super fund returns, fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Future Group has announced the returns for smartMonday, GuildSuper and Child Care Super while also announcing a fee reduction for smartMonday members. smartMonday super fund has reduced fees across all investment options effective 7 June 2025, delivering ...

Insignia finalises 1300 staff transfer to SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
Insignia Financial has finalised the outsourcing of about 1300 staff who worked in the master trust business to SS&C Technologies after striking a deal in February. Last week, staff working in administration, technology and digital teams that support ...

Adviser exam pass rate drops once again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
The results of the 29 th Financial Adviser Exam have been handed down, with only 66% of candidates passing. In the June 5 exam cycle, a total of 237 people sat the exam; 75% (179) sat the exam for the first time. Eighty people (34%) have failed the ...