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Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has outlined how the investment landscape has shifted and how it has rethought its portfolio construction amid greater global uncertainty. In its most recent Position Paper, Future Fund said it has been thinking "more ...

SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has called for stronger protections to prevent consumer harm from high-risk super switching. The call comes as the corporate regulator continues to launch legal action against those involved in the collapses of Shield and ...

Top fund scoops up APRA's investment risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
The head of investment risk at the prudential regulator is set to join one of Australia's top superannuation funds. The Australian Prudential Regulator Authority (APRA) confirmed Geoff Stewart's resignation, with James Fleming, its head of capital ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
A long-serving Perpetual executive will relocate to Queensland next month to join QIC, overseeing its 900-strong global team. Paul Chasemore has been appointed chief people & culture officer, effective 1 December 2025. Chasemore spent 18 years at Sydney-based ...

Alexander Funds bolsters Sydney office with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
Alexander Funds, the credit income investor, has added a second operative to its Sydney office to boost its distribution team. Oliver Carr joins as a business development associate, reporting to James Curnow, regional manager for NSW, ACT and Queensland. ...

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. ...

Stay or leave: ASIC's private credit clampdown tests managers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC's crackdown on the private credit market has created a 'stay or leave' proposition for some fund managers, a Financial Standard event heard. Speaking at the recent Financial Standard Advisers in Focus event in Melbourne, HMC Private ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC is suing SQM Research over its 'favourable' rating for the Shield Master Fund, marking the first time the watchdog has acted against a research house. ASIC alleges that the research house failed to obtain information needed to properly ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC is taking Interprac Financial Planning to court over its failure to ensure representatives acted in clients' best interests. It's also been accused of lacking adequate risk management systems. The regulator said it was because of "critical ...