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FTX creditors await US$5bn distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX is set to pay out US$5 billion to creditors starting May 30. The proceeds will be distributed via the FTX Recovery Trust to eligible creditors either on BitGo or Kraken. This is the second round of distributions ...

Patience urged over 'shortsighted' super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... pension has a strange amount included in their total super balance for this pension - it's not the amount of their 'pension account' or even the 'actuarial value' of their pension. It's whatever was reported back in 2017 for their transfer balance cap. ...

Hearts & Minds appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... working with wealth management firms at Livewire as a partnerships manager, she did a two-year stint at Iress as a client account manager following five years at UBS in a cash equities support role. Hearts and Minds focuses on generating long-term capital ...

Prime Super calls time on sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Prime Super will remove the SRI Balanced option from its investments lineup, saying its performance failed to meet expectations. The $8 billion industry superannuation fund will close the option on June 4, it confirmed. "After a period of observation ...

Vanguard ETFs claim first, second, and third place for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
A trio of Vanguard ETFs topped April inflows, pulling in over $1.1 billion, according to Betashares' Australian ETF review. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF brought in $533.6 million in inflows, followed by the Vanguard MSCI Index International ...

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners adds to APAC leadership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
The infrastructure investment manager has named two new senior appointments. Ryan Gordon, bringing 20 years of experience, has been appointed as managing director and head of APAC. He joined the firm after an 18-year tenure at QIC, most recently as ...

Panic selling of SMSF assets 'totally unnecessary'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... said while the tax is controversial, franked dividends may become an efficient way to manage tax inside a large super account. "Division 296 will apply regardless of how a fund generates returns. That's why franked dividends, while not a shield against ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
Australia's top advice associations are eagerly anticipating meaningful and swift changes to take place under new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, optimistic that critical reforms in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and Delivering ...

NAB MySuper class action settlement approved

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
The Federal Court approved the $65 million settlement that was reached in December. At the end of 2024, MLC Super Fund, NULIS Nominees and MLC Nominees agreed to settle the class action that was brought against it for deferring the transition of members ...

Criminal attacks, human error drive data breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
The number of data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) rose 25% in 2024; 54 or 9% of which occurred at financial services organisations. New statistics from the OAIC show there was a total of 1113 notifications ...