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Australian Unity offloads property fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... investors. Australian Unity executive general manager - finance and commercial Jenny Saliba said PIF unitholders will benefit from access to a highly specialised team with deep experience and a proven track record in real estate investment. Saliba said ...

MA Financial eyes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
MA Financial has confirmed it is in talks to acquire IP Generation (IPG), a real estate asset manager with around $2 billion in assets under management (AUM). "MA Financial has a longstanding relationship with IPG, having provided property management ...

MLC Expand reduces fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... disclosed fees, representing a 25% reduction," MLC Expand chief executive Liz McCarthy said. These reductions will also benefit accounts in linked groups where balances are aggregated for fee purposes. McCarthy added the price reduction is a "perfect ...

CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published the gender pay gaps for 120 public sector employers and two corporate groups for the first time following legislative changes in 2023. The data includes details of the gender pay gaps for well-known ...

ASIC takes Block Earner case to High Court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... continues to operate business-as-usual and remains fully committed to compliance, innovation, and building products that benefit Australian consumers." This legal battle has been ongoing in the courts for more than a year. On 9 February 2024, the Federal ...

Chalmers and Bragg spar over $3m super tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... copped heat from Chalmers over his claims that the Division 296 tax changes won't impact politicians with specific defined benefit arrangements that pre-date 2004. Chalmers has maintained that politicians, no matter whether they're members of the Parliamentary ...

Zurich fined over false and misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... two trauma insurance claims advising the policyholders that their particular medical conditions were excluded, and no benefit was payable. The corporate watchdog alleges these statements were false or misleading as the policy terms applicable held by ...

Relaxed superannuation preservation rules will sink returns: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
A Frontier report, commissioned by the Super Members Council, has argued that current preservation rules provide super funds with the flexibility to invest in unlisted assets, and warned that permanently relaxing these rules will decrease long-term ...

Panic selling of SMSF assets 'totally unnecessary'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli said panic selling of SMSF assets over concerns around the Albanese government's proposed 30% tax on superannuation assets over $3 million is "totally unnecessary" and urged people to "look at the facts". Busoli ...

SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has submitted a paper in response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) discussion paper, outlining how superannuation investments in the private sector can drive long-term financial system stability ...