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Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Mercer Super Trust's default lifecycle option made more than 12% p.a. for the 2025 financial year for members aged between 18 and 52. The Mercer SmartPath returned between 12.3% p.a. and 12.6% p.a. For the same age range over a five-year horizon ...

Acenda hires from Hostplus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Acenda has appointed Lee Sammartino to the new role of general manager of superannuation partnerships, a key role in its drive for growth in group insurance. Sammartino, who began this week, brings nearly 30 years of experience in financial services ...

Fees for no service see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
A former financial adviser is now banned for 10 years after she was found to have knowingly charged fees for no service. Kiriley Roper was a director, shareholder and adviser at Lighthouse Partners in Redcliffe, Queensland. ASIC alleges that between ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

Potential Insignia takeover edges closer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
A final takeover offer for Insignia Financial may come within the next two weeks as CC Capital Partners "continues to actively work towards" making a binding bid for the wealth manager. Insignia confirmed CC Capital is finalising financing and investment ...

Super on paid parental leave to reduce gender gap: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
The introduction of superannuation contributions on paid parental leave (PPL) is set to boost women's retirement savings by $7200, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Superannuation contributions ...

MLC AM delivers real returns for members in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
Staying the course on listed equities amid tariff-induced market turbulence has led to MLC Asset Management achieving double-digit returns for the 2025 financial year and, more importantly, real returns for members, according to its investments chief. ...

Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
Legalsuper expects to close out the financial year with a return of more than 11% for its MySuper product. The super fund predicts FY25 will see a return of at least 11% for its MySuper Balanced option, while the High Growth option should return about ...

Brite Advisors auditor admits failures, surrenders registration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
ASIC has accepted a court enforceable undertaking from DM Advisory Services principal David Makowa, the auditor of Brite Advisors. Makowa, a veteran of more than 20 years in practice - including stints at Ernst & Young and KPMG - has surrendered his ...

Super moves: PE exec quits Future Fund for ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
One of Future Fund's top managers has left to join Australian Retirement Trust as a portfolio manager within the private equity team. Anika Choudhury has left Australia's sovereign wealth fund where she started out a senior analyst nearly five ...