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Legalsuper updates investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
Legalsuper has introduced several changes to its investment options' objectives and fees, as well as some insurance costs. Effective September 1, the Conservative option will change its investment objective from outperforming an average annual return ...

Former United Global Capital adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... savings into the Global Capital Property Fund Limited (GCPF). Petrovic advised clients to set up a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) and invest significant amounts of their retirement savings in the Global Capital Property Fund, which was offered ...

ASIC piles more charges on Merhi

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... 2025 or until further order of the court. Clients of Merhi and his advisers invested about $296 million of their superannuation into First Guardian and some $230 million into Shield between 2020 and 2024. ASIC claims Merhi's businesses in return ...

Life insurers double earnings in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... loss-making IDII products helped curb a disastrous outcome that ultimately led to turnaround in 2022. Separately, superannuation assets rose 9.8% over the year to June to $4.3 trillion. Industry super funds jumped 15% to $1.6 trillion while retail funds ...

Bravura, Future Group partner on digital advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... to visualise real-time outcomes in a way that builds confidence and clarity." The new partnerships come as more superannuation funds look to provide digital advice offerings. Bravura also said AMP, Aware Super and Rest have all ramped up Midwinter-based ...

AMP, Insignia, Bendigo products fail super performance test

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
AMP, Insignia Financial and Bendigo SmartStart are the only superannuation fund providers whose platform trustee-directed products (TDP) failed APRA's latest performance test. Only seven out of the 563 products that APRA tested failed in its latest ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... sustainability. The terms of reference for the inquiry specifically mentioned the collapse of Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services as a case study, including looking at the business model and influence of the sale of related party products. The ...

ESG labelling could 'destabilise' super system: RIAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is concerned a 'one-size-fits-all' ESG labelling regime would actually increase the risk of greenwashing. Earlier this month, the government commenced a consultation on the introduction of sustainable ...

Aware Super invests in $1bn venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
Aware Super has partnered with European fund manager Equitix and the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) to invest $1.04 billion (£500m) in a UK battery storage platform. Led by Equitix, the consortium will fund Eelpower Energy to build, own, and operate ...

Australian Ethical FUM approaches $14bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... pleased that the investment performance over the period has delivered positively for our members in the multi asset superannuation options and for investors across a range of our funds," McMurdo said. "Momentum across our business over the last five ...