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Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... investors of the SMF can recover their investments in the form of distributions or other payments from the SMF or via legal claims against Keystone as creditors seeking compensation for any losses that investors have suffered because of the way that ...

SQM vows to 'respectfully' defend ASIC case

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... before providing ratings of 3.75 stars for various classes of Shield on separate occasions between 2021 and 2022. It also claims SQM misrepresented that it had a reasonable basis for the 'favourable' rating awarded, and that its reports did not "accurately ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... however Venture Egg did not comply with the requirements and Interprac did not investigate or sanction Venture Egg, ASIC claims. The regulator said Interprac managing director and responsible manager Garry Crole apparently acknowledged there was issues ...

MBS Insurance partners with Orbital Life

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... including its bespoke Salesforce client-database platform and business support team, spanning compliance, paraplanning and claims management. Orbital Life founder and managing director Nick Fanto said the business has ambitious plans to double in size ...

TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... Under the partnership, eligible superannuation fund members on income protection or total and permanent disability (TPD) claims will be able to participate in a 20-week peer recovery pilot program. The program is designed to people living with complex ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... million. The highest in the sample was UniSuper's Sustainable Balanced option with a whopping $430.5 million. Its charter claims to "assess companies that breach the UN Global Compact or have otherwise been found to commit human rights violations" ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Prime Super paid a penalty of $18,780 after it claimed it "excluded entirely" manufacturers of tobacco products when it had indirect holdings in six companies. ASIC issued an infringement notice to the $8 billion super fund over misleading statements ...

Cbus agrees to pay $23.5m fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... doing better. That's why we're bringing in some of the most comprehensive reforms in the sector and overhauling our claims system to ensure we better serve our members moving forward." Both parties submitted a Statement of Agreed Facts and Admissions ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... filing states. Critics have included Norges Bank Investment Management, the largest sovereign wealth fund, it notes. It also claims the fund has failed to appropriately disclose its climate-related financial risks and has misrepresented its carbon footprint ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... from that member perspective." When ASIC sat down with some of the organisations they were "surprised" when their poor claims handling times were broached. No one at the board and senior executive level, Constant says, was reviewing the claims handling ...