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Russell Investments names investment head for APAC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... leadership bench in Asia Pacific. "His {Andrews} ability to connect macro insights to portfolio outcomes will directly benefit clients, especially as they navigate an increasingly complex investment landscape." Pease joined Russell Investments in 2006. ...

ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... 2024 and found that Guo facilitated a withdrawal of over $333,000 from a Blockchain Global account to buy shares for the benefit of a family trust associated with Guo's family. Guo has also made separate transactions of up to $1.4 million and $2.6 million ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... in contributions, employer contributions totalled $147.1 billion, whereas member contributions made up $55.7 billion. Benefit payments climbed to $127.5 billion over the year as a result of lump sum payments increasing to $70 billion and pension payments ...

ASIC tells super: 'You have everything you need to not fail'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... is on member services more generally, this is a multi-year phased project" Constant said. "We will come back to death benefit claims handling and check that funds are doing what they said they will do. But there is more that we will be doing, and we'll ...

Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Count Financial has successfully defended itself against a class action which was filed in 2020 alleging it failed to ensure financial advisers were acting in their clients' best interests. The case has been before the court for just shy of five years ...

Centuria divests three industrial assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Centuria Capital has divested three industrial assets in Southeast Queensland at an average sales premium of 25%. The real estate funds manager said it capitalised on strong investment demand for industrial assets, benefiting from tailwinds created ...

BUSSQ lowers administration fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... remove the direct tax rebate on insurance premiums, which it said would reduce the amount of tax paid by the fund, but the benefit of this will no longer be paid to members. "Currently, BUSSQ passes the benefit of this tax deduction on to insured members ...

Industry groups hammer out guidance on tax-deductible advice fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... accounting community to understand the practical implications of the tax deductibility of advice fees, which will "ultimately benefit our clients. CPA Australia superannuation lead Richard Webb, meanwhile, said the association will continue to explain ...

Aware Super cuts fees for retiree members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... superannuation fund in Australia and we invest $190 billion on behalf of our 1.2 million members. We want to share the benefit of our size and scale by passing fee reductions on to our members. In the first year alone, this cut will save our retired ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... apprentice earning $27,778 per year would reach their maximum LISTO entitlement early, long before they receive the full benefit. "Boosting the cap to $810 would ensure workers aren't penalised simply because super contributions are rising as intended," ...